Tennessee § 33-6-612 - Failure to appear where no affidavit by qualified mental health professional.
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§ 33-6-612. Failure to appear where no affidavit by qualified mental health professional.
IF the qualified mental health professional has not filed an affidavit with the court regarding the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND the person does not respond to the order to appear, THEN the court shall order the person taken into custody, AND the officer who serves the order on the person shall take the person to the qualified mental health professional or the professional's appointed substitute. Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 28; 1985, ch. 437, §§ 22-25; 1996, ch. 1079, §§ 65, 66; T.C.A., § 33-6-204(b) ; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-6-612 ("Failure to appear where no affidavit by qualified mental health professional.") 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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