Grounds for issuance
Known as the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (38 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Smith (1993)
Most recently applied in State v. Smith (April 1993)
Code 1858, § 5318; Shan.,§ 7296; mod
A search warrant may be issued on any one (1) of the following grounds:
(1) Where the property was stolen or embezzled;
(2) Where the property was used as the means of committing a felony;
(3) Where the property is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense, or in the possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it, for the purpose of concealing it, or preventing its discovery; and
(4) Any other ground provided by law.
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.