Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-208 (2026)
Contents of warrant
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The warrant should specify the name of the defendant, but if it is unknown to the magistrate, the defendant may be designated in the warrant by any name.
- (b) It should also state the offense either by name, or so that it can be clearly inferred.
- (c) It should also show, in some part, the county in which issued, the name and initials of the magistrate in office.
- (d) The warrant shall include a copy of the affidavit of complaint.
Code 1858, §§ 5026, 5027; Shan., §§ 6985, 6986; Code 1932, §§ 11524, 11525; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-708, 40-709; Acts 2003, ch. 366, § 4.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2003–2022 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Robert Jason Burdick, 395 S.W.3d 120 (Tenn. 2012).
State of Tennessee v. Robert Jason Burdick, 395 S.W.3d 120 (Tenn. 2012). “I, § 7; Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-6-208; Tenn. R.Crim. P.”
State v. Ferrante, 269 S.W.3d 908 (Tenn. 2008). “2d 662, 667 (1960) (recognizing that “[t]he purpose of a warrant is to give an accused person notice that he is charged with some offense”); Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-6-208(b) (2003) (providing that an arrest warrant “should .”
State of Tennessee v. Steven Shell, 512 S.W.3d 267 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “” T.C.A. § 40-6-208. Similarly, Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 4 provides: The arrest warrant shall: (A) be signed by the magistrate or clerk; (B) contain the name of the defendant or, if this name is unknown, any name or description by which the defendant can be…”
State v. Tait, 114 S.W.3d 518 (Tenn. 2003). “Section 40-6-208 of the Tennessee Code Annotated governs the required contents of an arrest warrant, and it states: *523 (a) The warrant should specify the name of the defendant, but if it is unknown to the magistrate, the defendant may be designated therein by any name, (b) It…”
State of Tennessee v. Jason Gonzalez (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “” T.C.A. § 40-6-208. Similarly, Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 4 provides: The arrest warrant shall: (A) be signed by the magistrate or clerk; (B) contain the name of the defendant or, if this name is unknown, any name or description by which the defendant can be…”
State of Tennessee v. Lisa Hayes (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “While the State concedes that the affidavit of complaint did not comply with statutory requirements, it asserts that dismissal of the indictment was unwarranted because the affidavit of complaint included all of the essential components of an arrest warrant under Tennessee Code…”
David H. Johnson v. Steve Upton, Warden (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). “I, § 7; T.C.A. § 40-6-208; Tenn. R. Crim. P. 4(c)(1)(B)).”
State v. Robert Tait (Tenn. 2003). “Section 40-6-208 of the Tennessee Code Annotated governs the required contents of an arrest warrant, and it states: (a) The warrant should specify the name of the defendant, but if it is unknown to the magistrate, the defendant may be designated therein by any name.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-208(a) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Robert Jason Burdick, 395 S.W.3d 120 (Tenn. 2012). “I, § 7; Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-6-208; Tenn. R.Crim. P.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-208(b) — 1 case
State v. Ferrante, 269 S.W.3d 908 (Tenn. 2008). “2d 662, 667 (1960) (recognizing that “[t]he purpose of a warrant is to give an accused person notice that he is charged with some offense”); Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-6-208(b) (2003) (providing that an arrest warrant “should .”
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