The surrender shall be made to the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is bound to answer for the offense, whether by change of venue or otherwise, and the sheriff is not bound to accept the surrender unless made at the place of holding the court in that county, or at the county jail.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-136
Surrender to sheriff
Known as the Release from Custody and Bail Reform Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (93 sections).
Acts 1978, ch. 506, § 30; T.C.A., § 40-1236; 2006, ch. 745, § 1.
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.