Tennessee Code Title 33. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities § 33-9-103

Whenever the executive authority of any state demands of the executive authority of this state any fugitive under § 33-9-102, and produces a copy of the commitment, decree or other judicial process and proceedings, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state from which the person so charged has fled, with an affidavit made before a proper officer showing the person to be a fugitive, it shall be the duty of the executive authority of this state to cause the person to be apprehended and secured, if found in this state, and to cause immediate notice of the apprehension to be given to the executive authority making the demand, or to the agent of the authority appointed to receive the fugitive and to deliver the fugitive to the agent when the person appears.