41-21-810 - Request for documents Affidavits to be under oath. - Tennessee Statutes

41-21-810. Request for documents Affidavits to be under oath.

(a)  The court may request a person with an admissible document or admissible testimony relevant to the subject matter of the hearing to submit a copy of the document or an affidavit stating the substance of the testimony. An affidavit submitted under this section must be made under oath. A person submitting an affidavit or document under this section is not required to appear at the hearing.

(b)  A copy of a document submitted under this section must be accompanied by a certification executed under oath by an appropriate custodian of the record stating that the copy is correct and any other matter relating to the admissibility of the document that the court may require.

(c)  The court shall provide the inmate a copy of each affidavit or document not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time at which the hearing is to begin.

[Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1.]