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Part 1 - Admission to Bail
§ 40-11-101. Short Title - Sections 40-11-101 — 40-11-144 shall be known as and may...
§ 40-11-102. Bailable Offenses - Before trial, all defendants shall be bailable by sufficient sureties,...
§ 40-11-107. Taking Bail Before Commitment - The committing magistrate or the city court clerk of any...
§ 40-11-108. Taking Bail After Commitment - If the defendant is committed to jail in default of...
§ 40-11-109. Taking Bail After Indictment - After indictment, the sheriff, upon executing the capias or writ...
§ 40-11-112. Arrest Warrant Issued for Failure to Comply With Conditions - Upon an increase in the amount of bail required or...
§ 40-11-117. Bail Security Required - Absent a showing that conditions on a release on recognizance...
§ 40-11-119. Return of Deposit to Defendant - If the conditions of the bail bond have been performed...
§ 40-11-120. Forfeiture of Defendant's Bail Deposit - If the defendant released upon recognizance under § 40-11-115 or...
§ 40-11-121. Judgment for Fine and Costs — Deposit Applied to Payment - If a judgment for fine and court costs, or either,...
§ 40-11-122. Bail Bond Secured by Real Estate or Sureties - In lieu of the bail deposit provided for in §...
§ 40-11-126. “Unprofessional Conduct” Defined for Bondsmen and Surety Agents - In addition to the criminal sanctions elsewhere provided by law,...
§ 40-11-127. Charges Preferred Against Bondsman - Upon motion, any district attorney general may prefer charges to...
§ 40-11-128. Certain Persons Disqualified as Bondsmen - The following persons or classes shall not be bail bondsmen...
§ 40-11-129. Sureties Not Discharged by Irregularities - No sureties are discharged by reason of:
§ 40-11-131. Defects in Bond No Defense - Where a bail bond or recognizance is executed by the...
§ 40-11-132. Exoneration of Bail Bondsman or Surety by Surrender of Defendant - At any time, the bail bondsman or surety may surrender...
§ 40-11-134. Sheriff Assisting Bail Bondsman or Surety in Arrest - The bail bondsman or surety is also entitled to the...
§ 40-11-135. Return of Bail Bond After Arrest - The sheriff making the arrest under § 40-11-134 shall return...
§ 40-11-136. Surrender to Sheriff - The surrender shall be made to the sheriff of the...
§ 40-11-143. Change in Bail or Conditions of Release - A motion for a change in bail or other conditions...
§ 40-11-145. “Guaranteed Arrest or Bail Bond Certificate” Defined - As used in this section and § 40-11-146, “guaranteed arrest...
§ 40-11-146. Guaranteed Arrest or Bail Bond Certificate in Lieu of Cash Bail - A guaranteed arrest or bail bond certificate presented by the...
§ 40-11-147. Admission to Bail After Arrest in One County Upon a Warrant Issued in Another County - A defendant arrested in one county on a warrant issued...
§ 40-11-151. Notice to Person Employing Bail Bondsman - Any person utilizing the services of a professional bail bondsman...
Part 2 - Forfeiture of Bail
§ 40-11-201. Conditional Judgment on Failure to Appear - Code 1858, § 5177; Shan., § 7141; Code 1932, §...
§ 40-11-202. Scire Facias - A scire facias shall issue to notify the defendant and...
§ 40-11-203. Exoneration by Surrender of Defendant - Code 1858, §§ 5180, 5181 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 2);...
§ 40-11-204. Relief on Forfeited Recognizances - Code 1858, §§ 5182, 5183 (deriv. Acts 1788, ch. 32,...
§ 40-11-205. Refund of Forfeiture Payments on Reversal - Money paid into the treasury by virtue of a judgment...
§ 40-11-206. State Purchase of Land Sold to Collect on Forfeiture - In all cases where land or lands shall be sold...
§ 40-11-207. Notice to District Attorney General of Sale of Land - In all cases of sales under execution issued to collect...
§ 40-11-208. Bid by District Attorney General - The district attorney general for the district in which the...
§ 40-11-209. Certificate of District Attorney General - The district attorney general for the district in which the...
§ 40-11-210. Disposition of Copies of Certificate - The district attorney general shall issue a separate certificate in...
§ 40-11-211. Certificate Received and Delivered to State or County - The sheriff shall receive the certificate in lieu of money,...
§ 40-11-212. Sheriff's Deed Delivered to District Attorney General - Upon delivery of the certificate by the district attorney general...
§ 40-11-213. Delivery of Deed to County - In all cases where the county is entitled to the...
Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen
§ 40-11-301. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 40-11-302. Applicability of Part — Exclusion From Insurance Company Laws — Acting as Sureties — Bonding Capacity - ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST TO THE STATE OF TENNESSEEASSIGNOR, SECURITY...
§ 40-11-305. Investigation of Solvency - The judge of any court of this state in which...
§ 40-11-306. Prohibition of Execution of Bonds - If, after its investigation, the court finds that the bondsman:...
§ 40-11-307. Charges for Fixing Case Prohibited - It is unlawful for any professional bondsman, while acting on...
§ 40-11-308. Guarantees of Immunity Prohibited - It is unlawful for any professional bondsman, while acting on...
§ 40-11-310. Giving or Procuring Legal Assistance Unlawful - It is unlawful for any professional bondsman to aid, counsel...
§ 40-11-312. Penalty - A violation of this part is a Class B misdemeanor.
§ 40-11-320. Prerequisite to Employing Bounty Hunter - Before employing a bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant, a...
Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents
§ 40-11-401. Continuing Education Required - Each professional bail bondsman or bonding agent individually, including partners,...
§ 40-11-402. Certificate of Compliance - Each agent shall file annually, along with the first semiannual...
§ 40-11-403. Noncompliance - If an agent does not obtain the required eight (8)...
§ 40-11-405. Rights of Trial Judges — Appeal From Nonapproval of Bondsman - Nothing in this part shall be construed as altering or...