2021 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 6 - Warrants
Part 1 - Search Warrants
§ 40-6-102. Grounds for Issuance

A search warrant may be issued on any one (1) of the following grounds:

1. Where the property was stolen or embezzled;


2. Where the property was used as the means of committing a felony;


3. Where the property is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense, or in the possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it, for the purpose of concealing it, or preventing its discovery; and


4. Any other ground provided by law.

Code 1858, § 5318; Shan.,§ 7296; mod. Code 1932, § 11898; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-502.