§ 7-63-101 Municipal violations – Citation or complaint in lieu of arrest
§ 7-63-102 Agreement by offender to appear
§ 7-63-103 Duty of court – Treatment of citation or warrant
§ 7-63-104 Arrest when offender refuses to sign agreement to appear
§ 7-63-105 Failure of offender to appear after signing agreement – Additional warrant
§ 7-63-106 Issuance of citation or complaint after investigation at scene of accident or place of violation
§ 7-63-107 Part inapplicable – Driving under influence – Nonresidents
§ 7-63-108 Application to certain counties

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 7 > Local Government Functions > Chapter 63 > Part 1 - Traffic Citations in Lieu of Arrest

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • farm products: means forage and sod crops. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.