Title 40, Criminal Procedure

On conviction, the offender shall immediately pay the fine and costs, or give security to pay them, or be imprisoned until they are paid. The fine and costs, if paid before execution, shall be paid to the clerk; if paid after execution, to the officer having the execution.

One (1) or more persons may become security for the fine and costs by oral undertaking before the judge of the court of general sessions, or by written direction to the judge, and an entry of judgment based thereon.

If the offender gives security for fines and costs, the judge shall immediately issue execution against the offender and the offender's surety for the fine and costs, returnable as other executions.

The proceedings under this chapter may be superseded and removed, by certiorari, to the circuit court of the county, upon good cause shown by petition of any person aggrieved, verified by affidavit, upon the order of any district or criminal judge to whom the petition is presente…

The defendant obtaining writs of certiorari and supersedeas may be discharged from custody upon giving bond and security for the defendant's appearance before the district or criminal court as in other misdemeanor cases.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, any person convicted of a criminal offense in a court of general sessions has the right to appeal the sentence imposed, without regard to whether the person was convicted upon a plea of guilty or upon a plea of not g…

Any failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter by the officers named is a misdemeanor in office, and those officers are liable to judgments on their bonds, by motion, as in other cases of official bonds.

(a) In all misdemeanor cases where bond is made for appearance before the court of general sessions, the judge is authorized and empowered to prescribe the amount of bail, either cash or otherwise, within the same discretionary powers as are granted to judges of the circuit and c…

(a) In all counties of this state having a population of not less than three hundred seventy thousand (370,000) nor more than four hundred thousand (400,000), according to the federal census of 2000 or any subsequent federal census, legal process in all cases wherein a violation …

(a) It is expressly provided that the municipal courts which are located in counties of this state coming within §§ 40-4-121 — 40-4-124 shall not have any jurisdiction of cases wherein a violation of the laws of the state of Tennessee is charged and alleged, it being the legislat…

In all counties coming within §§ 40-4-121 — 40-4-124, the clerk of the general sessions court, on or before the tenth day of each month, shall pay over to the proper official of any municipality located within the county, fifty percent (50%) of all fines, forfeitures or penalties…

Sections 40-4-121 — 40-4-124 shall govern the structure and operation of the general sessions courts in counties falling within those sections, notwithstanding any private act or city charter to the contrary, and the operation of any private act or city charter in conflict with t…