36-3-615 - Notification to victim that family or household member arrested for assault may be released on bond. - Tennessee Statutes

36-3-615. Notification to victim that family or household member arrested for assault may be released on bond.

(a)  After a person has been arrested for assault pursuant to § 39-13-101, aggravated assault pursuant to § 39-13-102, against a victim as defined in § 36-3-601, domestic assault pursuant to § 39-13-111, or violation of a protective order pursuant to § 39-13-113, the arresting officer shall inform the victim that the person arrested may be eligible to post bond for the offense and be released until the date of trial for the offense.

(b)  Subsection (a) is solely intended to be a notification provision, and no cause of action is intended to be created thereby.

[Acts 1993, ch. 436, §§ 1, 2; 1997, ch. 211, § 4; 2001, ch. 352, § 1; 2006, ch. 920, § 3.]