40-11-117 - Bail security required.
40-11-117. Bail security required.
Absent a showing that conditions on a release on recognizance will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant as required, the magistrate shall, in lieu of the conditions of release set out in § 40-11-115 or § 40-11-116, require bail to be given.
[Acts 1978, ch. 506, § 17; T.C.A., § 40-1217.]