Statutes > Tennessee Statutes > Title 41 - Correctional Institutions And Inmates > Chapter 21 - Inmates > Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates > 41-21-301 - Process in civil actions.

41-21-301 - Process in civil actions.

41-21-301. Process in civil actions.

Process in a civil action against an inmate in the penitentiary may be served by the proper officer, in the presence of the warden or the assistant warden, and returned as in other cases.

[Code 1858, § 5549; Shan., § 7571; Code 1932, § 12169; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-601.]