Tennessee § 38-3-104 - Officers may command aid.
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§ 38-3-104. Officers may command aid.
All officers authorized to execute judicial process, who find, or have reason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution of judicial process, may command the aid of the inhabitants as prescribed in § 38-3-102 for suppressing riots. Code 1858, § 4935; Shan., § 6896; Code 1932, § 11420. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Employer's Wrongful Discharge and the Union's Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation — Does Tennessee Need a Statute of Limitations? (Marsha H. Ashlock), 20 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 15 (1984).
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Section 38-3-104 ("Officers may command aid.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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