The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by an officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one (1) year; but when so arrested, the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the person under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 40-9-103. Thereafter, the person's answer shall be heard as if the person had been arrested on a warrant.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-104
Arrest without warrant for felony in another state
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (30 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Barton v. Norrod (1997)
Most recently applied in Barton v. Norrod (February 1997)
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 14 (Williams, § 11935.14); T.C.A
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.