Section 40-9-116 - Issuance of warrant of arrest

If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, the governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner or other person whom the governor may think fit to entrust with the execution of the arrest warrant. The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance.Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 7 (Williams, § 11935.7); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1016.