The following persons or classes shall not be bail bondsmen or agents of bail bondsmen or surety companies and shall not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of any bail bond: jailers, attorneys, police officers, convicted felons, committing magistrates, municipal or magistrate court judges, clerks or deputy clerks, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables, and any person having the power to arrest or having anything to do with the control of federal, state, county or municipal prisoners.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 40-11-102. Bailable Offenses
§ 40-11-107. Taking Bail Before Commitment
§ 40-11-108. Taking Bail After Commitment
§ 40-11-109. Taking Bail After Indictment
§ 40-11-112. Arrest Warrant Issued for Failure to Comply With Conditions
§ 40-11-117. Bail Security Required
§ 40-11-119. Return of Deposit to Defendant
§ 40-11-120. Forfeiture of Defendant's Bail Deposit
§ 40-11-121. Judgment for Fine and Costs — Deposit Applied to Payment
§ 40-11-122. Bail Bond Secured by Real Estate or Sureties
§ 40-11-126. “Unprofessional Conduct” Defined for Bondsmen and Surety Agents
§ 40-11-127. Charges Preferred Against Bondsman
§ 40-11-128. Certain Persons Disqualified as Bondsmen
§ 40-11-129. Sureties Not Discharged by Irregularities
§ 40-11-131. Defects in Bond No Defense
§ 40-11-132. Exoneration of Bail Bondsman or Surety by Surrender of Defendant
§ 40-11-134. Sheriff Assisting Bail Bondsman or Surety in Arrest
§ 40-11-135. Return of Bail Bond After Arrest
§ 40-11-136. Surrender to Sheriff
§ 40-11-143. Change in Bail or Conditions of Release
§ 40-11-145. “Guaranteed Arrest or Bail Bond Certificate” Defined
§ 40-11-146. Guaranteed Arrest or Bail Bond Certificate in Lieu of Cash Bail
§ 40-11-147. Admission to Bail After Arrest in One County Upon a Warrant Issued in Another County