If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender according to the condition of the person's bond, the court, by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited. Recovery may be had on the bond in the name of the state as in the case of other bonds or undertakings given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-107
Forfeiture of bail
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 40-9-101 to 40-9-130 (30 sections).
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 18 (Williams, § 11935.18); 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.