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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-214 (2026)

Authority of clerks and deputies of general sessions courts

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Clerks of courts of general sessions and their duly sworn deputies have jurisdiction and authority, concurrent with that of the judges of the general sessions court, to issue warrants for the arrest of persons.

Acts 1955, ch. 150, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-715; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 67.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Michael J. Fryar (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013).
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State of Tennessee v. Michael J. Fryar (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “Code section 40-6-214 gives the “[c]lerks of courts of general sessions and their duly sworn deputies” the “jurisdiction and authority, concurrent with that of the judges of the general sessions court, to issue warrants for the arrest of persons.”
State of Tennessee v. Jay Junior Heifner (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “§ 40-35-311 (a), while general arrest warrants may be issued by the “[c]lerks of courts of general sessions and their duly sworn deputies,” Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-214 . See Wall, 2025 WL 1604434 , at *4.”
State of Tennessee v. Jay Junior Heifner (Tenn. Crim. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “§ 40-35-311 (a), while general arrest warrants may be issued by the “[c]lerks of courts of general sessions and their duly sworn deputies,” Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-214 . See Wall, 2025 WL 1604434 , at *4.”
Teresa Lynn Jackson v. Aaron Thomas, Individually & in his Off. Capacity as Circuit Court Clerk of Jackson Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “The Advisory Commission comments to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure explain that under the statutory scheme set forth in Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-214 , clerks and their sworn deputies have jurisdiction and authority to issue arrest warrants, and when any clerk…”
State v. Phillip Todd Swords (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999). “The State correctly responds that Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-6-214 provides, “Clerk s of co urts of g enera l sessio ns an d their duly sworn deputies have jurisdiction and authority, concurrent with that of the judges thereof, to issue warran ts for the arrest of perso ns.”
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