Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-4207 (2026)
Use of metal detectors
✓ current as of May 2026
To facilitate a search that is found to be necessary of students, school visitors, containers or packages, metal detectors and other devices designed to indicate the presence of dangerous weapons, drug paraphernalia or drugs may be used in searches, including hand-held models that are passed over or around a student's or visitor's body, and students, visitors, containers and packages may be required to pass through a stationary detector.
Acts 1981, ch. 368, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-9-408; Acts 1988, ch. 727, § 8; 1994, ch. 636, §§ 8, 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (1992).
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (1992). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-4207 . A Louisiana statute, governing student searches and searches of persons entering public school buildings or grounds, explicitly permits "a random search with a metal detector.”
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