Tennessee § 40-11-129 - Sureties not discharged by irregularities.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-11-129 — Sureties not discharged by irregularities., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-11-129. Sureties not discharged by irregularities.
No sureties are discharged by reason of: The want of any of the qualifications required in this part; There not being the requisite number of sureties; Any other agreement than is expressed in the undertaking; Infancy, lunacy or any other incapacity of any of the other parties thereto; or The defendant not having joined in the same. Acts 1978, ch. 506, § 25; T.C.A., § 40-1229. Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 4.46.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-11-129 ("Sureties not discharged by irregularities.") 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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