Tennessee § 7-3-501 - Enforcement of ordinances, laws or regulations — Citations and warrants.
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§ 7-3-501. Enforcement of ordinances, laws or regulations — Citations and warrants.
When any person violates an ordinance, law or regulation of a metropolitan government, any police or peace officer of such metropolitan government or any employee of the metropolitan government authorized to enforce such ordinance, law or regulation, in whose presence the violation is committed or who determines after investigation that there is probable cause such a violation has been committed, may issue a citation or civil warrant, giving a copy to the violator, showing the ordinance, law or regulation violated and the date, time and place when the violator is to appear in court. Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-3-501 ("Enforcement of ordinances, laws or regulations — Citations and warrants.") 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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