Penalty for violations

Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-5-405, under Trafficking in Children.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-5-405

Every person acting for that person or for any agency who violates any of this part, or any agency or corporation that, through its agents, violates any of this part, or any person or agency that makes any false statements to the department of human services regarding the placement of such child, as herein set out, commits a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.