Statutes > Tennessee Statutes > Title 33 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities > Chapter 5 - Developmental Disability Services > Part 4 - Forensic Services for Persons with Mental Retardation > 33-5-407 - Court order as transfer.

33-5-407 - Court order as transfer.

33-5-407. Court order as transfer.

Without regard to its wording, any court order of commitment under this part shall be considered in law as a transfer of the person to the custody of the commissioner.

[Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 13; T.C.A., §§ 33-516, 33-5-307; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]