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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 11 - Bail
Part 2 - Forfeiture of Bail
§ 40-11-209. Certificate of district attorney general.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-11-209 (2019)
- The district attorney general for the district in which the sale is to be made shall thereupon issue and deliver a certificate to the sheriff of the county conducting the sale, where the land or lands are situated. The certificate shall be in the following words and figures:
- State of Tennessee, County of ____ ____ day of ____ (year) I, ____, district attorney general for the ____ judicial district do hereby certify that I have purchased on the ____ day of ____ (year) on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee at a sale under execution at the courthouse, in ____ County, Tennessee from ____ the sheriff of ____ County, said execution having been issued to collect the sum of ____ dollars, the amount of the forfeiture taken upon the appearance bond of ____ indicted ____ day of ____ (year) by the grand jury of ____ County, upon a charge of ____ the following described real estate for the sum of $____. DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE The above described real estate having been levied upon as the property of ____, surety upon the appearance bond of the aforementioned defendant, viz., This land having been purchased and bid in by me on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 40-11-206 — 40-11-208, and acts amendatory thereto. This certificate is issued by me and delivered to the sheriff of ____ County aforesaid in lieu of the sum of $____ bid by me. ____ District Attorney General for the Judicial District
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