The judges of the supreme, appellate, chancery, circuit, general sessions and juvenile courts throughout the state, judicial commissioners and county mayors in those officers' respective counties, and the presiding officer of any municipal or city court within the limit of their respective corporations, are magistrates within the meaning of this title. The judges of chancery and circuit courts have statewide jurisdiction to issue search warrants pursuant to chapter 6, part 1 of this title in any district.
Code 1858, § 4943; Shan., § 6904; Code 1932, § 11428; Acts 1973, ch. 48, § 1; 1978, ch. 933, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-114; Acts 1993, ch. 115, § 3; 1993, ch. 241, § 55; 2003, ch. 90, § 2; 2019, ch. 486, § 14.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction and Venue
§ 40-1-105. False Affidavit to Obtain Parole or Pardon
§ 40-1-106. Officials Defined as Magistrates
§ 40-1-107. Courts Vested With Original Jurisdiction
§ 40-1-108. Original Jurisdiction of Circuit and Criminal Courts