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29-6-131. Execution by constables.

(a) Constables may execute attachments returnable before general sessions judges, and in cases where the defendant is about to abscond or remove.

(b) The provisions of this chapter and of chapter 7 of this title in relation to the duties of attaching officers, embrace constables whenever they are authorized to serve attachments.

[Code 1858, § 3496 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 25, § 1); Shan., § 5256; Code 1932, § 9447; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-631.]

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29-6-131. Execution by constables.

(a) Constables may execute attachments returnable before general sessions judges, and in cases where the defendant is about to abscond or remove.

(b) The provisions of this chapter and of chapter 7 of this title in relation to the duties of attaching officers, embrace constables whenever they are authorized to serve attachments.

[Code 1858, § 3496 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 25, § 1); Shan., § 5256; Code 1932, § 9447; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-631.]

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29-6-131. Execution by constables.

(a) Constables may execute attachments returnable before general sessions judges, and in cases where the defendant is about to abscond or remove.

(b) The provisions of this chapter and of chapter 7 of this title in relation to the duties of attaching officers, embrace constables whenever they are authorized to serve attachments.

[Code 1858, § 3496 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 25, § 1); Shan., § 5256; Code 1932, § 9447; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-631.]