Tennessee § 40-11-128 - Certain persons disqualified as bondsmen.
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§ 40-11-128. Certain persons disqualified as bondsmen.
The following persons or classes shall not be bail bondsmen or agents of bail bondsmen or surety companies and shall not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of any bail bond: jailers, attorneys, police officers, convicted felons, committing magistrates, municipal or magistrate court judges, clerks or deputy clerks, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables, and any person having the power to arrest or having anything to do with the control of federal, state, county or municipal prisoners. Acts 1978, ch. 506, § 41; T.C.A., § 40-1228. Attorney General Opinions. Section not in conflict with § 40-11-313 , OAG 98-0176 (8/28/98) (Opinion decided under prior law). Deputy sheriffs are prohibited from serving as bail bondsmen in any district or county in Tennessee, OAG 06-092 (5/16/06). Section 40-11-128 prohibits the spouse of a deputy sheriff from serving as a bail bondsperson if the spouses commingle funds. OAG 14-80, 2014 Tenn. AG LEXIS 83 (9/4/14).
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Section 40-11-128 ("Certain persons disqualified as bondsmen.") 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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