Tennessee § 40-11-123 - Sufficiency of sureties — Evidence.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-11-123 — Sufficiency of sureties — Evidence., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-11-123. Sufficiency of sureties — Evidence.
Each of the sureties shall be worth the amount expressed in the undertaking, subject to the execution; but the court, magistrate or officer in taking bail may allow more than two (2) sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the undertaking, if the whole qualification is equivalent to two (2) sufficient sureties. The district attorney general, or the court, magistrate or officer, may examine the sureties on oath touching their sufficiency, in any manner that the district attorney general, or the court, magistrate or officer may deem proper. The court or magistrate may also receive other testimony, either for or against the sufficiency of sureties. Acts 1978, ch. 506, §§ 23, 24; T.C.A., § 40-1223. Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 4.31. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Bail and Recognizance, §§ 4, 10.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-11-123 ("Sufficiency of sureties — Evidence.") 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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