40-5-102. Officials who are magistrates.
The following are magistrates within the meaning of this part:
(1) The judges of the supreme court;
(2) The judges of the circuit and criminal courts;
(3) Judicial commissioners;
(4) Judges of the courts of general sessions;
(5) City judges in cities and towns; and
(6) Judges of juvenile courts.
[Code 1858, § 5016; Shan., § 6975; Code 1932, § 11514; Acts 1978, ch. 933, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-603; Acts 1993, ch. 115, § 5; 1993, ch. 241, § 65.]