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Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-15-716

Warrants

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 984 F. Supp. 2d 841 - White v. Sherman Financial Group, LLC (2013)

Most recently applied in 984 F. Supp. 2d 841 - White v. Sherman Financial Group, LLC (November 2013)

Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 25; 2017, ch. 267, § 1.

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

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.