Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-123 (2026)

Application for requisition of person charged with crime

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When the return to this state of a person charged with a crime in this state is required, the district attorney general, for the county in which the offense is committed, shall present to the governor written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged. The application shall state the name of the person so charged; the crime charged against the person; the approximate time, place and circumstances of its committal; and the state in which the accused is believed to be, including the location of the accused therein at the time the application is made. The application shall also certify that in the opinion of the district attorney general the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.

Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 23 (Williams, § 11935.23); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1025.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1991–1991 · leading case: Elliott v. Johnson, 816 S.W.2d 332 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991).

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Elliott v. Johnson, 816 S.W.2d 332 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-9-123 [to] -125. A requisition is the formal demand to the governor of the asylum state that the fugitive be surrendered.”

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