Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or § 40-5-102, to the contrary, a judge who is licensed to practice law in this state and elected for an eight-year term of office may, upon a finding of probable cause, issue an arrest warrant in lieu of a criminal summons under any circumstances and regardless of whether any of the exceptions set out in §§ 40-6-205 and 40-6-215 are applicable.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-217
Issuance of arrest warrant in lieu of criminal summons
Known as the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (38 sections).
Acts 2004, ch. 889, § 3.
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.