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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-615

Notification to victim that family or household member arrested for assault may be released on bond

Acts 1993, ch. 436, §§ 1, 2; 1997, ch. 211, § 4; 2001, ch. 352, § 1; 2006, ch. 920, § 3.

(1) After a person has been arrested for assault pursuant to § 39-13-101, aggravated assault pursuant to § 39-13-102, against a victim as defined in § 36-3-601, domestic assault pursuant to § 39-13-111, or violation of a protective order pursuant to § 39-13-113, the arresting officer shall inform the victim that the person arrested may be eligible to post bond for the offense and be released until the date of trial for the offense.

(2) Subsection (a) is solely intended to be a notification provision, and no cause of action is intended to be created thereby.

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.