Conditions for Reward

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  1. No person is entitled to the reward offered under §§ 40-8-101 and 40-8-102 until the offender is delivered to the civil authority, and confined in jail or admitted to bail.
  2. No person is entitled to the reward unless the offender is apprehended within five (5) years from the date of the governor's proclamation, and before the prosecution of the offense is barred by lapse of time.

Code 1858, §§ 5337, 5338; Shan., §§ 7315, 7316; Code 1932, § 11918; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-903, 40-904.


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