Person by whom executed

[Amendments made by Acts 1996, ch. 53, section 2 contingent on county approval. See the Compiler’s Notes.] A warrant may be executed by any sheriff, or officer acting as sheriff, or the sheriff’s deputy, or marshal, or police officer of any city or town, acting within the sheriff’s county, or by any person otherwise authorized by law. The reference to “sheriff” or “deputy sheriff” in this section also includes constables in counties of this state having a population of: not less than nor more than 3,700 4,700 6,000 7,800 8,400 8,500 8,535 8,540 9,200 9,570 10,770 10,780 11,512 11,550 11,700 11,900 12,000 13,000 14,500 14,600 15,300 15,500 15,750 16,000 17,000 17,350 18,000 18,200 18,300 18,900 19,000 19,100 21,000 21,500 21,600 22,300 23,200 23,350 23,355 23,391 23,391 23,450 23,500 23,750 24,000 24,255 25,600 27,500 27,900 28,000 28,555 28,600 29,250 31,250 31,260 33,000 33,700 34,000 35,480 41,800 41,900 50,000 57,550 59,400 59,500 60,050 60,600 62,000 64,000 65,000 100,000 118,400 118,700 200,000 according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and Fentress and Hamblen counties.