A prosecutor is dispensed with and the district attorney general may file bills of indictment, officially, and without a prosecutor marked on the bill of indictment, in the following cases:
Code 1858, § 5097 (deriv. Acts 1803, ch. 59; 1817, ch. 61, § 4; 1820, ch. 4, § 2; 1820, ch. 13, § 2; 1822, ch. 40, § 13; 1824, ch. 5, § 5; 1827, ch. 85, § 3; 1829, ch. 101, § 5; 1831, ch. 81, § 2; 1835-1836, ch. 47, § 5; 1837-1838, ch. 26, § 1; 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 3; 1837-1838, ch. 137, § 5; 1841-1842, ch. 31, § 14; 1841-1842, ch. 65; 1841-1842, ch. 129, § 4; 1847-1848, ch. 45, § 4; 1847-1848, ch. 124, §§ 1, 2; 1851-1852, ch. 167, § 2); Acts 1865, ch. 15, § 2; 1873, ch. 104, § 2; 1881, ch. 45, § 2; 1883, ch. 251, § 4; 1903, ch. 444, § 2; Shan., §§ 3169, 6503a4, 7059; mod. Code 1932, §§ 7822, 10837, 11603; modified; Acts 1968, ch. 563, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1973, ch. 81, §§ 2, 6; 1977, ch. 482, § 13; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 846, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 875, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1705; Acts 1996, ch. 675, §§ 23-25; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 40-13-101. “Indictment” Defined
§ 40-13-102. Offenses Indictable
§ 40-13-103. Prosecutor Required
§ 40-13-104. Prosecutor Not Required
§ 40-13-105. Concurrence in True Bill
§ 40-13-106. Endorsement When Indictment Not Found
§ 40-13-107. Endorsement of Names of Witnesses
§ 40-13-108. Presentation of Indictment
§ 40-13-109. Entry in Minutes of Felony Indictments
§ 40-13-110. Copies of Minutes — New Indictment