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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 40-1-101 — 40-39-306)
Chapter 7 - ARREST (§§ 40-7-NEW — 40-7-205)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 40-7-NEW — 40-7-124)
- Section 40-7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered]
- Section 40-7-101 - Persons by whom arrests made
- Section 40-7-102 - Offense in presence of magistrate
- Section 40-7-103 - Grounds for arrest by officer without warrant
- Section 40-7-104 - Time of arrest by officer
- Section 40-7-105 - Assistance to officer acting on warrant
- Section 40-7-106 - Notice of authority and grounds for arrest - Telephone call
- Section 40-7-107 - Authority of officer to break in
- Section 40-7-108 - Resistance to officer
- Section 40-7-109 - Arrest by private person - Grounds
- Section 40-7-110 - Arrest by private person - Time
- Section 40-7-111 - Arrest by private person - Notice of grounds
- Section 40-7-112 - Arrest by private person - Notice of intention to make arrest - Use of force to enter dwelling house
- Section 40-7-113 - Disposition of person arrested by private person
- Section 40-7-114 - Pursuit after escape
- Section 40-7-115 - Breaking in to retake escaped prisoner
- Section 40-7-116 - Theft - Detention of suspect by merchant or peace officer
- Section 40-7-117 - Theft of property valued at more than $500 in retail or wholesale establishments - Arrest by peace officer without warrant
- Section 40-7-118 - Use of citations in lieu of continued custody of an arrested person
- Section 40-7-119 - Strip searches restricted
- Section 40-7-120 - Release citations for misdemeanants
- Section 40-7-121 - Body cavity searches - Warrant requirement - Waiver - Liability
- Section 40-7-122 - Fee for booking and processing of persons subject to arrest or summons
- Section 40-7-123 - Development of standardized written procedure of verifying citizenship status
- Section 40-7-124 - Immunity from prosecution for possession of drug paraphernalia when officers alerted of presence of hypodermic needle or other sharp objects prior to search
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