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TN Code § 40-11-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-306. Prohibition of Execution of Bonds

 If, after its investigation, the court finds that the bondsman:   Is insolvent;   Is not financially able to discharge the obligations of the bondsman's liabilities as surety;   Has failed, refused or neglected to make the semiannual reports of assets and liabilities as required in § 40-11-303;   Has made and filed false semiannual reports; or   Has failed to furnish the court with information touching upon solvency, when called for;  then the court may order that the bondsman be prohibited from executing bonds, bail or other undertakings as surety in the court until the court becomes satisfied that the bondsman has complied with this part or the orders of the court, or that the bondsman is again financially solvent, and the court shall impose any other reasonable limitation on the total liability of the bondsman's undertakings in the court.
TN Code § 40-11-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-307. Charges for Fixing Case Prohibited

 It is unlawful for any professional bondsman, while acting on the bondsman's own behalf, or for any third person or persons, or in concert with them, in any negotiation, transaction or dealing with a person charged with a criminal offense or other violation of law, or with any person or persons purporting to represent or act for the one so charged, to charge, demand, contract for, accept, collect or receive any sum of money, fee, compensation, premium or other consideration, return, or favor of any character, directly or indirectly, upon any promise, offer, representation or holding out the inducement that the professional bondsman:   Can or will attempt to effect, procure, bring about, arrange or “fix” the disposition, dismissal or compromise of any criminal action or prosecution;   Can or will attempt to arrange, bargain for or “fix” the amount of fine or costs, and/or term of imprisonment to be imposed, or any particular action of a court, in any criminal case, contempt proceeding or other penal action in any court; or   Can or will attempt to stop, prevent, obstruct, impede, interfere with, retard or delay the prosecution of any criminal charge against an accused, or the process of the law in respect thereof, or that the bondsman will cause to be done any of the things enumerated in this subdivision (3).
TN Code § 40-11-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-308. Guarantees of Immunity Prohibited

 It is unlawful for any professional bondsman, while acting on the bondsman's own behalf, or while acting for or through any third person or persons, or in concert with them, to solicit, demand, procure, exact, receive or collect any money or other thing of value or any other consideration, promise, favor or return of any character, directly or indirectly, from any person or persons, upon the agreement, promise, offer, representation, pretense or holding out the inducement, that the bondsman can or will:   Provide, furnish or guarantee to the person or persons, or to any person, persons or group of persons, immunity or protection from prosecution, arrest, investigation or indictment for any criminal offense or violation of law; or   Influence, persuade, “fix,” order or direct any public official defined under §§ 38-3-102 and 38-3-103 as a “conservator of the peace,” or any member of a grand or petit jury, or district attorney general or prosecuting officer, to provide or furnish any immunity or protection referred to in this section, or to fail, neglect or omit to do or perform any act or official duty whatsoever toward the prosecution, suppression or prevention of criminal offenses or violations of law, and it is also unlawful for any professional bondsman to cause or procure any of these acts or things to be done.
TN Code § 40-11-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-309. Fixing of Cases Prohibited

  It is unlawful for any professional bondsman to do or perform any act, engage in any negotiations, enter into any agreement or transaction, pay or give any money or other thing of value or offer or attempt to do so directly or indirectly, whether alone, or by or through others acting for the bondsman, or in the bondsman's behalf or in concert with others, or at the bondsman's instance or request, or whether with or without consideration, as surety or otherwise, with the intent, purpose or design of:  Effecting, procuring, bringing about, arranging for or “fixing” the disposition, dismissal or compromise of any criminal action or prosecution or of arranging, bargaining for, or “fixing” the amount of fine or costs, and/or term of imprisonment or for any particular action of a court, judge, grand or petit jury or prosecuting attorney, in any criminal case, contempt proceeding or other penal action or offense before any court;   Stopping, preventing, obstructing, impeding, interfering with, retarding or delaying the prosecution of any criminal charge against an accused, or the processes of law in respect thereof;   Procuring sheriffs or their deputies, constables, police officers or other peace officers or any prosecutor of criminal offenses or violations to abandon or withdraw from the prosecution of the offenses or violations;   Procuring witnesses to disappear or be concealed;   Arranging for the loss or disappearance of bonds, court papers, exhibits or other evidence in criminal cases; or   Doing or performing any other act to accomplish the disposition and dismissal of any charge against an accused person by any other means whatever than through the processes and agencies established by law.     Nothing in this section shall deny to any professional bondsman or deprive the bondsman of the right and privilege of presenting to the court any matters affecting the legal liability of the bondsman as surety for an accused in any case where the question of liability is before the court for consideration or disposition.   Nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring upon any professional bondsman the right to appear for or on behalf of an accused as an attorney at law in any action, suit, transaction or dealing with or before the court, whether in open court or at chambers.
TN Code § 40-11-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-310. Giving or Procuring Legal Assistance Unlawful

 It is unlawful for any professional bondsman to aid, counsel or advise any person accused of a criminal offense or violation of law, or those purporting to act for or represent the accused in respect of any matter relating or pertaining to the charge pending against the accused or to the disposition or dismissal thereof, except as to matters relating to the contract of suretyship on the bond, bail or similar undertaking, or to the contract relating to the securing and payment of any fine or costs, being negotiated for or posted in the pending case; nor shall any professional bondsman, directly or indirectly, retain, hire or employ, or pay for the services of an attorney at law to aid, counsel, advise or represent any person accused of criminal offense or violation of law, or those purporting to act for or represent the accused, in any case, suit or matter, in which the professional bondsman is surety for those persons, nor divide with or pay to any attorney any part of the compensation received by the bondsman for services as surety of an accused.
TN Code § 40-11-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-311. Illegal Contracts Void — Recovery of Payments and Penalty

  Any contract, agreement, promise, transaction or other similar undertaking, entered into between a professional bondsman and any other person or persons, wherein the bondsman charges, demands, contracts for, accepts, collects or receives any sum of money, fee, compensation, premium, gratuity or other consideration, return or favor of any character, in consideration of the bondsman's performance of, or the bondsman's promise, offer or attempt to do or perform, directly or indirectly, any of the acts or things declared to be unlawful by §§ 40-11-307 — 40-11-310, are declared to be against public policy, illegal and void.   Any person or persons, who pay out money or part with any other thing of value under the contract, agreement, promise, transaction or undertaking may file suit, for that person or for the use of that person or persons for whom the person paid the money or delivered the other thing of value to the bondsman, in any court having jurisdiction thereof and recover the consideration so paid or parted with and, in addition, a forfeiture in an amount equal to twice the sum of money paid or twice the value of any other consideration parted with or both, as the case may be.
TN Code § 40-11-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-312. Penalty

 A violation of this part is a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 40-11-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-313. Peace Officers, Their Deputies, and Certain County Officials Prohibited From Acting as Professional Bondsmen

  It is unlawful for any person while serving as a constitutionally elected peace officer, or as such officer's deputy, or any duly elected or appointed county official to act as a professional bondsman, directly or indirectly.   This section shall not apply to any duly elected member of the county legislative body.
TN Code § 40-11-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-314. [reserved.]

  Whenever any professional bondsman, as defined in § 40-11-301, furnishes bail, makes bond or furnishes surety for the appearance, before any court in this state, of any person charged with a criminal offense or a violation of any law, by means of a contract for a specified period of time, in which the bondsman acts as surety for appearance, the premium on the contract shall be reduced or refunded upon surrender of the person charged with the criminal offense or violation of a law in an amount in direct proportion of the percentage of the unexpired term of the contract to the total amount of the premium, unless that person is arrested on an additional criminal charge while released on bail or if the bond or surety is forfeited or revoked by the court having jurisdiction of that person or if the court accepts the surrender of the defendant based upon one (1) or more of the grounds set forth in § 40-11-132.   If the premium is payable in equal installments, no further payment shall be due or payable upon surrender of the bonded person to the court. This section applies only to those contracts made on or after July 1, 1972.
TN Code § 40-11-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-317. Criminal Background Check — Experience — Bankruptcy

  In addition to any other qualifications required by law, the petition or license application for a person seeking to become a professional bondsman shall have attached to it an affidavit setting forth the criminal history, if any, of the petitioner or applicant. If the affidavit is found to be inaccurate, the petitioner or applicant shall be immediately disqualified as a professional bonding person. In addition, the applicant or petitioner shall submit to a criminal history background check by the Tennessee bureau of investigation as provided for under § 38-6-109 and shall be responsible for any fees for the criminal history background check. The results of the criminal background check shall be submitted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation to the clerks of the court responsible for regulating the activities of the professional bondsman.   Any applicant for approval as a bonding company owner shall have had two (2) years' experience writing bail in this state as a full-time qualified agent for a Tennessee professional bonding company in good standing.   If a court finds that a bondsman has individually or as a corporation owner been discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding leaving unsatisfied outstanding forfeitures with any court, then the court may order that the bondsman be prohibited from executing bonds, bail or other undertakings as surety in the court.
TN Code § 40-11-319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-319. Notice of Arrest of Bondsman

  A professional bondsman who is arrested in this state for a felony, or is arrested in another state or by the federal government for the equivalent of a felony in this state, shall notify, in writing, within seventy-two (72) hours of the arrest, the court or courts in which the professional bondsman is qualified.   The written notice shall contain the following information:  Date of the arrest;   Location of the arrest;   Offense for which the bondsman was arrested;   The name and address of the law enforcement agency making the arrest;   The court before which the professional bondsman is to appear;   The date of the initial court appearance; and   Any other information the professional bondsman may want to include.     Upon receipt of the notice, if the court believes it is warranted, the court shall proceed under § 40-11-125.   Failure to comply with this section shall result in an automatic suspension of the professional bondsman until the court conducts a hearing pursuant to § 40-11-125(b), or until the criminal charges against the professional bondsman are resolved.
TN Code § 40-11-320 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 3 - Professional Bondsmen|§ 40-11-320. Prerequisite to Employing Bounty Hunter

 Before employing a bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant, a professional bail bondsman shall make a reasonable effort to verify the defendant's address.
TN Code § 40-11-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents|§ 40-11-401. Continuing Education Required

 Each professional bail bondsman or bonding agent individually, including partners, officers and directors of a corporation engaged for profit who are qualified as professional bail bondsmen or bonding agents, making bonds or entering into undertakings as surety in criminal proceedings as defined in § 40-11-301, shall obtain eight (8) hours of continuing education credits during each twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997. For the purpose of this part, “agent” means a professional bail bondsman or professional bail bonding agent, including those who are licensed as limited insurance representatives by the department of commerce and insurance pursuant to title 56, chapter 6, part 1 and the regulations of that department.
TN Code § 40-11-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents|§ 40-11-402. Certificate of Compliance

 Each agent shall file annually, along with the first semiannual report as described in § 40-11-303, a certificate of compliance of continuing education with the clerk of the criminal or civil court of each county in which the agent is furnishing bail or bonds securing costs and fines. This certificate shall show in detail the names, locations, dates and hours of each course attended, along with the signature of the agent attesting that all continuing educational requirements have been completed.
TN Code § 40-11-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents|§ 40-11-403. Noncompliance

 If an agent does not obtain the required eight (8) continuing education hour credits within each twelve-month period as described in § 40-11-401, and have the necessary certificate of compliance filed with the clerk of the court by January 15 of each year, the clerk shall, by certified mail, notify the agent that the agent is not in compliance with the continuing education requirements of this part and the number of hours the agent lacks to be in compliance. If the agent has not furnished the clerk with a certificate of compliance with continuing education requirements within sixty (60) days of receiving the notice of noncompliance, the clerk shall notify the judge of the court who shall then suspend the agent from furnishing bail or bonds securing costs and fines, and remove the agent's name from the list of qualified and approved professional bondsmen, as described in § 40-11-124, until the agent completes the continuing education credits and properly files the required certificate with the court.
TN Code § 40-11-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents|§ 40-11-404. Courses — Certificate of Compliance — Fees

  The Tennessee Association of Professional Bail Agents shall provide all continuing education courses, and shall issue certificates of compliance to certify attendance of the agents to the clerks of the courts. The certificates shall be prepared and delivered to all agents who have completed the requirements by December 15 of the year before filing is required. In no event shall a certificate be issued to an agent who has not completed the attendance requirements for that calendar year.   The Tennessee Association of Professional Bail Agents shall either provide or contract for a minimum of eight (8) hours of continuing education classes to be held on a regular basis in each of the grand divisions and may provide additional classes as necessary. The association is authorized to subcontract with any of its subassociations for classes. A schedule of these classes shall be provided to all agents. The association may not charge more than two hundred forty dollars ($240) annually for the eight (8) hours of continuing education, and the cost of any course with less than eight (8) hours shall be prorated.   The fee charged for attending continuing education classes shall not be increased or decreased based upon a person's membership or lack of membership in the Tennessee Association of Professional Bail Agents.
TN Code § 40-11-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Bail|Part 4 - Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents|§ 40-11-405. Rights of Trial Judges — Appeal From Nonapproval of Bondsman

 Nothing in this part shall be construed as altering or infringing upon the right of the trial judge to approve bondsmen who are licensed under this part. An appeal from a trial judge's failure to approve a licensed bondsman shall be taken as provided by law.
TN Code § 40-12-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-12-101. Impaneling Bystanders

 Whenever a sufficient number of the jurors of the original panel fail to attend before the grand jury is formed, the court may impanel the grand jury of so many of the original panel as may attend, and the rest of bystanders. If none of the original panel attend or no jurors have been appointed, the grand jury may consist entirely of bystanders.   Code 1858, §§ 4016, 4017 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 130 (131 in Scott's Revisal), § 2); Shan., §§ 5828, 5829; Code 1932, §§ 10022, 10023; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1502.
TN Code § 40-12-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-12-102. Persons Guilty of Conspiracy Ineligible

  No person who has been guilty of any offense declared in § 39-12-103, relating to conspiracy to take human life or to injure persons or destroy property, shall be competent to sit or serve on any grand or traverse jury and it is the duty of the court to carefully exclude all such persons from the juries, both grand and petit.   When the court is informed, or has reason to suspect, that any person presented as a juror is guilty of any of the offenses listed in subsection (a), it shall call witnesses, if necessary, and examine fully into the truth of the charge.   The court shall dismiss from the grand jury any person who has been selected and afterwards shown to be implicated in any offense listed in subsection (a).
TN Code § 40-12-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-12-103. Reconvening to Consider Felony

 The judges of the circuit and criminal courts are authorized at any time during the same term of court to reconvene the grand jurors when, during the same term of court and after the jurors have been discharged, a criminal offense which is a felony has been committed in the jurisdiction.
TN Code § 40-12-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-12-104. Application to Testify by Person Having Knowledge of Commission of Offense

  Any person having knowledge or proof of the commission of a public offense triable or indictable in the county may testify before the grand jury.   The person having knowledge or proof shall appear before the foreman. The person may also submit the sworn affidavits of others whose testimony the person wishes to have considered.   The person shall designate two (2) grand jurors who shall, with the foreman, comprise a panel to determine whether the knowledge warrants investigation by the grand jury. The panel may consult the district attorney general or the court for guidance in making its determination. The majority decision of the panel shall be final and shall be promptly communicated to the person along with reasons for the action taken.   Submission of an affidavit which the person knows to be false in any material regard shall be punishable as perjury. An affiant who permits submission of a false affidavit, knowing it to be false in any material regard, is guilty of perjury. Any person subsequently testifying before the grand jury as to any material fact known by the person to be false is guilty of perjury.
TN Code § 40-12-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-12-105. Notice of Grand Jury Meeting to Be Posted by Court Clerk

  The clerk of the court having trial level criminal jurisdiction in each county of this state shall cause to be published, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than forty (40) days before the grand jury meets, the following notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county:  “It is the duty of your grand jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in this county. Any person having knowledge or proof that an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the grand jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, §  . The foreman in this county is presently: [Here list foreman and the foreman's address]   “The grand jury will next meet on  , the  day of  , 20 , at  . You may be prosecuted for perjury for any oral or written statement which you make under oath to the grand jury, when you know the statement to be false, and when the statement touches on a matter material to the point in question.”    In addition to the other duties required by this section, the clerk shall post a written notice in the form set forth in subsection (a) in a place convenient to the public at the county courthouse.   Failure by the clerk to perform the duties required by this section is a misdemeanor and grounds for removal from office.