2017 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 15 - Courts of General Sessions
Part 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 16-15-716. Warrants.
A civil action in the general sessions courts is commenced by a civil warrant being filed with the clerk in substance as follows:
State of Tennessee
___________________ County
To any lawful process server to execute and return: summon ______________________
......................defendant
__________ to appear before the general sessions court of this county in ______________________
address ..................… city or
____________________, at ____________________ on ____________________to answer plaintiff(s) ___________________ in
county, time date
a civil action for ______________________
...............… (include as many lines as necessary)
under _______ dollars. This ____________________
...............… date
.................___________________
.................clerk/deputy
