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TN Code § 29-21-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-109. Refusal of Writ

 If, from the showing of the petitioner, the plaintiff would not be entitled to any relief, the writ may be refused, the reasons for such refusal being briefly endorsed upon the petition, or appended thereto.   Code 1858, § 3726; Shan., § 5506; Code 1932, § 9677; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1809.
TN Code § 29-21-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-110. Issuance of Writ — Form — Formal Defects

  If the petition show a sufficient ground for relief, the writ shall be forthwith allowed, and may be substantially as follows:  State of Tennessee,     To the sheriff, etc. [or to A B, as the case may be]:   County   You are hereby commanded to have the body of C B, who is alleged to be unlawfully detained by you, before the  court, [or before me, or before E E, Judge, etc., as the case may be], at  , on  [or immediately after being served with this writ], to be dealt with according to law, and have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your doings in the premises.   This  day of  , 20  . G H, Judge, etc.    The writ of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for any defect of form, or misdescription of the plaintiff or defendant, provided enough is stated to show the meaning and intent of the writ.   When the writ is allowed by a court in term, it is issued by the clerk, but in other cases the judge or chancellor issues the writ, signing it officially.    Code 1858, §§ 3727, 3728, 3741; Shan., §§ 5507, 5508, 5521; Code 1932, §§ 9678, 9679, 9691; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1810 — 23-1812.
TN Code § 29-21-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-111. Person by Whom Writ Served

  The writ may be served by the sheriff, coroner, or constable, or any other person appointed for that purpose by the court or judge by whom it is issued or allowed.   If served by any other person than the sheriff, that person possesses the same power, and is liable to the same penalty for nonperformance the duty performed by that person, as though the person were the sheriff.    Code 1858, § 3731; Shan., § 5511; Code 1932, § 9681; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1813.
TN Code § 29-21-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-112. Mode of Service — Persons Served

  The proper mode of service is by leaving a copy of the original writ with the defendant, and making the return upon the original.   Any person served with the writ is presumed to be the person for whom it is intended, although it may be directed to the person by a wrong name or description, or to another person.   If the defendant cannot be found, or, if the defendant have not the plaintiff in custody, the service may be made upon any person having the plaintiff in custody, in the same manner and with the same effect as though that person had been made a defendant therein.    Code 1858, §§ 3732, 3733, 3742; Shan., §§ 5512, 5513, 5522; Code 1932, §§ 9682, 9683, 9692; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1814 — 23-1816.   Law Reviews.   Appellate and Post-Conviction Relief in Tennessee (Ronald W. Eades), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1.
TN Code § 29-21-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-113. Arrest of Defendant

 If the defendant refuses admittance to the person attempting to serve the writ, hides, or attempts wrongfully to carry the plaintiff out of the county or state, the defendant may be arrested by the person having the writ, and brought, together with the plaintiff, immediately before the officer or court before whom the writ is returnable. In order to make such arrest, the sheriff, or other person having the writ, has the same power as is given to a sheriff for the arrest of a person charged with a felony.   Code 1858, §§ 3734, 3735; Shan., §§ 5514, 5515; Code 1932, §§ 9684, 9685; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1817.   Collateral References. 39 Am. Jur. 2d Habeas Corpus §§ 176, 177.   39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 187.   Habeas corpus 68.
TN Code § 29-21-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-114. Taking Plaintiff Into Custody

 If the person in whose name the application is made can be found, and no one appears to have the charge or custody of the plaintiff, the person having the writ may take the plaintiff into custody, and make return accordingly, and, to get possession of the plaintiff's person in such case, the person possesses the same power as is given by § 29-21-113 for the arrest of the defendant.   Code 1858, § 3736; Shan., § 5516; Code 1932, § 9686; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1818.   Collateral References. 39, 39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus §§ 136, 179, 187.
TN Code § 29-21-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-115. Precept

  The court or judge to whom the application for the writ is made, if satisfied that the plaintiff is likely to suffer irreparable injury before the plaintiff could be relieved by the proceedings as authorized in §§ 29-21-112 — 29-21-114, may issue a precept to the sheriff, or other person selected, commanding the sheriff or other person to bring the plaintiff forthwith before such judge or court.   When the evidence is further sufficient to justify the arrest of the defendant, for a criminal offense committed in connection with the illegal detention of the plaintiff, the precept shall also contain an order for the arrest of the defendant.   The officer or person to whom the precept is directed shall execute the same by bringing the defendant, and also the plaintiff, if required, before the court or judge issuing it, and thereupon the defendant shall make return to the writ of habeas corpus in the same manner as if the ordinary course had been pursued. The defendant may also be examined and committed, bailed or discharged, according to the nature of the case.    Code 1858, §§ 3737 — 3740; Shan., §§ 5517 — 5520; Code 1932, §§ 9687 — 9690; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1819 — 23-1821.   Collateral References. Habeas corpus 112.
TN Code § 29-21-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-116. Defendant's Appearance and Return — Answer

  Service being made in any of the modes provided for in this part, the defendant shall appear at the proper time, and make due return of the writ, and answer the petition, if required.   The person served with the writ shall state in the return, plainly and unequivocally:  Whether the person then has, or at any time has had, the plantiff in the person's control or restraint, and, if so, the authority and cause thereof, setting out the same fully;   If the party is detained under a writ, warrant, or other written authority, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the return, and the original shall be produced and exhibited to the court or judge, if required; and   If the person on whom the writ has been served, has had the plaintiff in the person's custody or power or under the person's restraint, at any time before or after the date of the writ, but has transferred the plaintiff to another person, that person shall state the facts explicitly, and to whom, at what time, for what cause, and by what authority such transfer was made.     The return shall be signed by the person making it, and verified by the oath; unless the person is a sworn public officer, and makes the return in an official capacity.    Code 1858, §§ 3743 — 3745; Shan., §§ 5523 — 5525; Code 1932, §§ 9693 — 9695; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1822 — 23-1824.   Law Reviews.   Appellate and Post-Conviction Relief in Tennessee (Ronald W. Eades), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1.   Criminal Law in Tennessee in 1968 — A Critical Survey (Josephe G. Cook), 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 221.   Recent Developments in Tennessee and Federal Procedure (Donald F. Paine), 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 276.
TN Code § 29-21-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-117. Production of Plaintiff by Defendant

  At the time of making the return, the person on whom the same has been served shall also produce the body of the person detained according to the command of the writ, or show good cause for not doing so.   If the cause shown for not producing such person be sickness or infirmity, the fact shall be verified by affidavit, and other evidence if required.   The court may thereupon proceed as if the party were produced, or adjourn to the place where such party then is, or to some other time and place, according to circumstances.    Code 1858, §§ 3746-3748; Shan., §§ 5526-5528; Code 1932, §§ 9696-9698; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1825.   Collateral References. 39 Am. Jur. 2d Habeas Corpus § 144.   39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 185.   Habeas corpus 82.
TN Code § 29-21-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-118. Waiver of Plaintiff's Right to Be Present

 The plaintiff, in writing, or the plaintiff's attorney, may waive the right to be present at the examination, in which case the proceedings may be had in the plaintiff's absence.   Code 1858, § 3753; Shan., § 5533; Code 1932, § 9703; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1826.   Collateral References. 39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 185.   Habeas corpus 82.
TN Code § 29-21-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-119. Proceedings After Defendant's Return

 The plaintiff may demur or reply to the return, and all issues shall be tried by the court or judge in a summary way, the examination being adjourned from time to time, if necessary to the proper administration of justice, and all such orders being made for the custody of the plaintiff, in the meantime, as the nature of the case requires.   Code 1858, § 3749; Shan., § 5529; Code 1932, § 9699; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1827.
TN Code § 29-21-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-120. Adjustment of Bail

 The plaintiff may also, in any case, be committed, let to bail, or the plantiff's bail diminished or increased, as justice may require.   Code 1858, § 3750; Shan., § 5530; Code 1932, § 9700; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1828.
TN Code § 29-21-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-121. Subpoena of Witnesses

  Subpoena for witnesses in all proceedings under this chapter may be issued by the court or judge granting the writ, or before whom the same is returnable, or by any general sessions judge.   Witnesses thus summoned are subject to the same penalties and entitled to the same privileges and fees as other witnesses.   Upon failure of the witness to attend, the fact shall be noted by the officer before whom the subpoena is returned, on the back thereof, and transmitted to the clerk of the circuit court of the county, who shall issue scire facias, as in other cases.    Code 1858, §§ 3756-3758 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 15, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 5536-5538; Code 1932, §§ 9706-9708; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1829.
TN Code § 29-21-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-122. Discharge of Plaintiff or Remand to Custody

  If no sufficient legal cause of detention is shown, the plaintiff shall be discharged.   The party detained shall be remanded to custody:  If it appears the party is detained by virtue of process issued by a court or judge of the United States, in a case where such court or judge has exclusive jurisdiction;   Where the time during which such party may be legally detained has not expired; or   In every case in which the detention is authorized by law.      Code 1858, §§ 3751, 3761; Shan., §§ 5531, 5541; Code 1932, §§ 9701, 9711; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1830, 23-1831; modified.
TN Code § 29-21-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-123. Effect of Irregular Commitment

 Although the commitment of the person detained may have been irregular, still, if the court or judge is satisfied, from the examination, that the person ought to be held to bail, or committed, either for the offense charged, or any other, the order shall be made accordingly.   Code 1858, § 3752; Shan., § 5532; Code 1932, § 9702; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1832.
TN Code § 29-21-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-124. Filing of Records — Costs

 The proceedings under a writ of habeas corpus, including all the papers in the cause, and the final order, shall be returned by the judge to the nearest court served by that judge, to be filed there by the clerk, as other records, a brief memorandum thereof, duly indexed, being made upon the judgment or execution docket, and such clerk taxing the costs and issuing execution therefor, as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 3760; Shan., § 5540; Code 1932, § 9710; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1833.
TN Code § 29-21-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-125. Costs — General Rule

 The costs of proceedings under this chapter, except when otherwise expressly provided, shall be adjudged as the court or judge may think right, and taxed and collected as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 3762; Shan., § 5542; Code 1932, § 9712; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1834.
TN Code § 29-21-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-126. Costs on Discharge of Criminal Defendant

  Where the defendant in a criminal prosecution is brought before any circuit or criminal judge on a writ of habeas corpus, and discharged by the judge, the costs shall be paid as in other state cases, when the defendant is tried and acquitted by a jury.    When the defendant in the cases provided for in this section is charged with a felony, the judge shall make out and certify the bill of costs, and deliver the same to the clerk of the circuit court before which the defendant is bound to appear, by whom the costs shall be collected and paid out as in other cases.   If the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, the judge shall deliver the bill of costs, made out and certified as before, to the court of general sessions of the county in which the defendant was charged with committing the offense, by whom the same shall be allowed as in other cases.      Code 1858, §§ 3763-3765 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 40, §§ 1-3); Shan., §§ 5543-5545; Code 1932, §§ 9713-9715; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1835.
TN Code § 29-21-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-127. Appeal

  Any party, either relator or defendant, in any habeas corpus case shall have the right of appeal to the proper appellate court from any judgment or decree rendered against such party by an inferior court.   The party so appealing shall give bond and security for the costs of such appeal except where the relator or defendant is under confinement and serving a prison sentence on final judgment.   This section shall not apply to parties held in custody in criminal cases.
TN Code § 29-21-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-128. Disobedience of Writ or Order

 Disobedience of the original writ, or any subsequent order thereon, subjects the defendant to commitment for contempt, and also to a forfeiture of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to the party aggrieved, besides rendering the defendant liable for all damages sustained in consequence of such disobedience.   Code 1858, § 3754; Shan., § 5534; Code 1932, § 9704; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1837.   Collateral References. 39 Am. Jur. 2d Habeas Corpus §§ 176, 177.   39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 187.   Liability for statutory penalty of judge, court, administrative officer or other custodian of person, in connection with habeas corpus proceedings. 84 A.L.R. 807.
TN Code § 29-21-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-129. Evasion of Service

 The attempt to elude the service of the writ of habeas corpus, or to avoid the effect thereof by transferring the plaintiff out of the jurisdiction or to another person, or by concealing the plaintiff, or the place of the plaintiff's confinement, is a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 3755; Shan., § 5535; mod. Code 1932, § 9705; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1838; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.   Code Commission Notes.   Portions of this section have been rewritten by the executive secretary to the Tennessee code commission to implement Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, effective November 1, 1989, which requested that the executive secretary amend this section by deleting the penalty provision and inserting language to indicate violation of the section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 29-21-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus|§ 29-21-130. Refusal of Officer to Deliver Copy of Process

 Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained.   Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839.
TN Code § 29-22-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 22 - Hospitals' Liens|§ 29-22-101. Lien Created — Application — Priority

  Every person, firm, association, corporation, institution, or any governmental unit, including the state of Tennessee, any county or municipalities operating and maintaining a hospital in this state, shall have a lien for all reasonable and necessary charges for hospital care, treatment and maintenance of ill or injured persons upon any and all causes of action, suits, claims, counterclaims or demands accruing to the person to whom such care, treatment or maintenance was furnished, or accruing to the legal representatives of such person in the case of such person's death, on account of illness or injuries giving rise to such causes of action or claims and which necessitated such hospital care, treatment and maintenance.   The hospital lien, however, shall not apply to any amount in excess of one third (1/3) of the damages obtained or recovered by such person by judgment, settlement or compromise rendered or entered into by such person or such person's legal representative by virtue of the cause of action accruing thereto.   The lien herein created shall be subject and subordinate to any attorney's lien whether by contract, suit or judgment upon such claim or cause of action and shall not be applicable to accidents or injuries within the purview of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law, compiled in title 50, chapter 6. Any such lien arising out of a motor vehicle accident shall not take priority over a mechanic's lien or prior recorded lien upon a motor vehicle involved in such accident.
TN Code § 29-22-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 22 - Hospitals' Liens|§ 29-22-102. Perfecting Lien — Filing and Notice — Contesting — Effect of Settlement or Payment

  In order to perfect such lien, the agent or operator of the hospital, before or within one hundred twenty (120) days after any such person shall have been discharged therefrom, shall file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the hospital is located, and in the county wherein the patient resides, if a resident of this state, a verified statement in writing setting forth the name and address of the patient as it appears on the records of the hospital, and the name and address of the operator thereof, the dates of admission and discharge of the patient therefrom, the amount claimed to be due for such hospital care, and to the best of the claimant's knowledge, the names and addresses of persons, firms or corporations claimed by such ill or injured person or by such person's legal representative, to be liable for damages arising from such illness or injuries.   A copy of the claim shall, within ten (10) days from the filing thereof be sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, to each person, firm or corporation so claimed to be liable on account of such illness or injuries, at the address given in the statement, and to the attorney, or attorneys, representing the person to whom services were rendered by the hospital if such attorney, or attorneys, are known to the claimant or could, with reasonable diligence, be known to the claimant.   The filing of the claim shall be notice thereof to all persons, firms or corporations who may be liable on account of such illness or injuries, whether or not they are named in the claim or lien and whether or not a copy of the claim shall have been received by them.   Any person desiring to contest such a lien or the reasonableness of the charges thereof may do so by filing a motion to quash or reduce the same in the circuit court of the county in which the lien was perfected, making all other parties in interest respondents thereto. Any such motion may be heard in term time or vacation and at such time and place as may be fixed by order of the court.    If at the time an insurance carrier or other person, corporation or entity reaches a settlement and obtains a release of liability on or pays a claim filed by a policyholder or other person against such carrier, person, corporation or other entity, the hospital providing treatment to such policyholder or person has not perfected a lien as set out in this section, any lien perfected subsequent to such settlement or payment shall not apply to or create any additional liability on the part of the insurance carrier or other person, corporation or entity paying the settlement or claim.   This subsection (e) shall not apply until thirty (30) days after any such person is discharged from the hospital.
TN Code § 29-22-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 22 - Hospitals' Liens|§ 29-22-103. Duties of Circuit Court Clerk — Hospital Lien Book — Fee

  The clerk of the circuit court shall endorse on such claim the date and hour of filing and at the expense of the county shall provide a hospital lien book with proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of such filing, the name and address of the hospital, the operator thereof and of such patient, the amount claimed and the names and addresses of those claimed to be liable for damages.   The clerk shall be paid the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) as the fee for filing the claim.