Tennessee § 40-28-605 - Parole and probation officers — Powers and duties.
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§ 40-28-605. Parole and probation officers — Powers and duties.
The duties of probation and parole officers shall be to supervise, investigate and check on the conduct, behavior and progress of parolees and persons placed on probation by the courts or pursuant to § 40-35-501(a)(3) , and assigned to them for supervision and shall make to the director or court, as appropriate, a report of the investigations, and shall perform other duties and functions as the director of probation and parole may direct. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 43. Compiler's Notes. For the preamble to the act concerning transfers of certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program from the board of probation and parole to the department of correction, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 727. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 63 provided that the implementation of the act, which enacted this part, shall be fully accomplished on or before January 1, 2013.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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