A search warrant can only be issued on probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property, and the place to be searched.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-103
Probable cause and affidavit
Known as the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act
The act spans §§ 40-6-101 to 40-6-311 (38 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State v. Keith (1998)
Most recently applied in STATE of Tennessee v. Marcus RICHARDS (July 2009)
Code 1858, § 5319; Shan., § 7297; Code 1932, § 11899; T.C.A
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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.