Tennessee § 40-9-120 - Confinement of prisoner en route.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-9-120 — Confinement of prisoner en route., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-9-120. Confinement of prisoner en route.
The officer or person executing the governor's warrant of arrest or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which the prisoner may pass. The keeper of the county or city jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the person having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on the person's route, that person being chargeable with the expense of keeping. Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 12 (Williams, § 11935.12); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1022.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-9-120 ("Confinement of prisoner en route.") 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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