A warrant may be executed by any sheriff, or officer acting as sheriff, or the sheriff's deputy, or marshal, or police officer of any city or town, acting within the sheriff's county, or by any person otherwise authorized by law. The reference to “sheriff” or “deputy sheriff” in this section also includes constables in counties of this state having a population of: 
 not less than  nor more than 
 3,700 4,700 
 6,000 7,800 
 8,400 8,500 
 8,535 8,540 
 9,200 9,570 
 10,770 10,780 
 11,512 11,550 
 11,700 11,900 
 12,000 13,000 
 14,500 14,600 
 15,300 15,500 
 15,750 16,000 
 17,000 17,350 
 18,000 18,200 
 18,300 18,900 
 19,000 19,100 
 21,000 21,500 
 21,600 22,300 
 23,200 23,350 
 23,355 23,391 
 23,391 23,450 
 23,500 23,750 
 24,000 24,255 
 25,600 27,500 
 27,900 28,000 
 28,555 28,600 
 29,250 31,250 
 31,260 33,000 
 33,700 34,000 
 35,480 41,800 
 41,900 50,000 
 57,550 59,400 
 59,500 60,050 
 60,600 62,000 
 64,000 65,000 
 100,000 118,400 
 118,700 200,000 
 according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and Fentress and Hamblen counties. 
 Code 1858, § 5028; Shan., § 6987; Code 1932, § 11526; Acts 1969, ch. 160, § 3; 1969, ch. 319, §§ 3, 4; 1970, ch. 456, § 1; 1970, ch. 496, § 1; 1970, ch. 588, §§ 1, 2; 1971, ch. 53, §§ 1-3; 1971, ch. 231, § 1; 1972, ch. 584, § 1; 1973, ch. 389, § 1; 1974, ch. 631, §§ 1, 2; Private Acts 1976, ch. 242, § 1; Private Acts 1976, ch. 293, § 1; Acts 1977, ch. 239, § 3; 1982, ch. 881, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-711; Acts 1991, ch. 9, § 4; 1992, ch. 973, § 3; Private Acts 1994, ch. 191 § 2; Acts 1996, ch. 753, § 2.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 40-6-201. “Warrant of Arrest” Defined
§ 40-6-202. Power of Magistrates
§ 40-6-203. Examination of Affiant
§ 40-6-204. Contents of Examination
§ 40-6-205. Issuance of Warrant
§ 40-6-206. Time of Issuance and Return — Misdemeanor Cases
§ 40-6-208. Contents of Warrant
§ 40-6-209. Officer to Whom Directed
§ 40-6-212. Execution Outside County
§ 40-6-213. Execution Anywhere in State
§ 40-6-214. Authority of Clerks and Deputies of General Sessions Courts
§ 40-6-215. Summons Instead of Arrest Warrant
§ 40-6-217. Issuance of Arrest Warrant in Lieu of Criminal Summons