The committing magistrate or the city court clerk of any incorporated municipality or city or that person's deputies, before whom a defendant is brought for examination on a warrant of arrest, are authorized to take bail, either for the defendant's appearance for examination or for the defendant's appearance at court to answer the charge.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-107
Taking bail before commitment
Known as the Release from Custody and Bail Reform Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (93 sections).
Acts 1978, ch. 506, § 7; T.C.A., § 40-1207.
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.