2017 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 7 - Arrest
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 40-7-102. Offense in presence of magistrate.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-7-102 (2017)

When a public offense is committed in the presence of a magistrate, the magistrate may, by verbal or written order, command any person to arrest the offender, and then proceed as if the offender had been brought before the magistrate on a warrant of arrest.

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