Tennessee Statutes
§ 8-8-207 — Disobedience of process
Tennessee § 8-8-207
JurisdictionTennessee
Title8
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-207 (2026).
Text
A sheriff's disobedience of the command of any process is a contempt of the court from which it issued, and may be punished accordingly; and such sheriff is further liable to the action of the party aggrieved.
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Related
Hurd v. Woolfork
959 S.W.2d 578 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
Jason Ray v. Madison County, Tennessee
(Tennessee Supreme Court, 2017)
Lineberry v. Locke
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2000)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 361 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 451; Code 1932, § 698; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-816.
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Tennessee § 8-8-207, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/8-8-207.