Title 39, Criminal Offenses

A corporation may be prosecuted for a violation of §§ 39-13-308, 39-13-309, and 39-17-118 for an act or omission constituting a crime under this part only if an agent of the corporation performs the conduct that is an element of the crime while acting within the scope of the agen…

(a) Chapter 11, part 7 of this title shall govern the procedure by which property subject to forfeiture pursuant to § 39-11-703(c) is forfeited, and this section shall govern the manner in which proceeds from forfeitures are distributed and used. (b) Notwithstanding § 39-11-713, …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Act.” (b) There is created the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline to be established and maintained by the Tennessee bureau of investigation in a manner co…

(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates:(1) “Human trafficking offense” means the commission of any act that constitutes the criminal offense of:(A) Involuntary labor servitude, under § 39-13-307;(B) Trafficking persons for forced labor or services, under…

(a) A person commits the offense of advertising commercial sexual abuse of a minor if the person knowingly sells or offers to sell an advertisement that would appear to a reasonable person to be for the purpose of engaging in what would be a commercial sex act, as defined in § 39…

(a) Aggravated human trafficking is the commission of an act that constitutes any of the following criminal offenses, if the victim of the criminal offense is under thirteen (13) years of age:(1) Involuntary labor servitude, under § 39-13-307;(2) Trafficking persons for forced la…

(a) Robbery is the intentional or knowing theft of property from the person of another by violence or putting the person in fear. (b) Robbery is a Class C felony.

(a) Aggravated robbery is robbery as defined in § 39-13-401:(1) Accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly weapon; or(2) Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury. (1) Accomplish…

(a) Especially aggravated robbery is robbery as defined in § 39-13-401:(1) Accomplished with a deadly weapon; and(2) Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury. (1) Accomplished with a deadly weapon; and (2) Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury. (b) Especially aggra…

(a) “Carjacking” is the intentional or knowing taking of a motor vehicle from the possession of another by use of:(1) A deadly weapon; or(2) Force or intimidation. (1) A deadly weapon; or (2) Force or intimidation. (b) Carjacking is a Class B felony.

(1) As used in §§ 39-13-501 — 39-13-511, except as specifically provided in § 39-13-505, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Coercion” means threat of kidnapping, extortion, force or violence to be performed immediately or in the future or the use of parental, custodial, o…

(a) Aggravated rape is unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances:(1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashi…

(a) Rape is unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or of the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances:(1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act;(2) The sexual penetration is accomplished without the consent of the victim …

(a) Aggravated sexual battery is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances:(1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used …

(a) Sexual battery is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances:(1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act;(2) The sexual contact is accomplished without the consent of the victim…

(a) Mitigated statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant, or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least fifteen (15) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) but not more than five (5) year…

Sexual assault forensic evidence obtained pursuant to § 39-13-519 may not be used: (1) To prosecute a sexual assault victim for any misdemeanor offense or any offense defined under title 39, chapter 17, part 4; or (2) As a basis to search for further evidence of any unrelated mis…

(a) No cause of action shall be maintained that is based upon the common law torts of seduction or criminal conversation, and those torts are abolished. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a cause of action based upon a sexual offense, which offenses inc…

(a) It is an offense for a defendant to engage in unlawful sexual contact with a minor when:(1) The minor is less than eighteen (18) years of age;(2) The defendant is at least four (4) years older than the victim; and(3) The defendant was, at the time of the offense, in a positio…

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of indecent exposure who:(A) In a public place or on the private premises of another, or so near thereto as to be seen from the private premises:(i) Intentionally: (a) Exposes the person's genitals or buttocks to another; or (b) Engages in sex…

(1) As used in §§ 39-13-512 — 39-13-515, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “House of prostitution” means any place where prostitution or the promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one (1) or more persons under the control, management or supervision of anothe…

(a) A person commits an offense under this section who engages in prostitution. (b) (1) Prostitution is a Class B misdemeanor.(2) Prostitution committed within one hundred feet (100′) of a church or within one and one-half (1½) miles of a school, such distance being that establis…

(a) A person commits an offense under this section:(1) Who patronizes prostitution; or(2) When a person patronizes prostitution where the subject of the offense is:(A) A law enforcement officer;(B) A law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor;(C…

(a) A person commits an offense under this section:(1) Who promotes prostitution; or(2) Who promotes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or is a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor. (1) Who promotes …

(a) A person commits aggravated prostitution when, knowing that such person is infected with HIV, the person engages in sexual activity as a business or is an inmate in a house of prostitution or loiters in a public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activit…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Nudity” or “state of nudity” means the showing of the bare human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the areola, or the showing of…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Multiple acts of sexual abuse of a child” means:(A) (i) Engaging in three (3) or more incidents of sexual abuse of a child involving the same minor child on separate occasions; provided, that at least one (1) such incident occurred within the coun…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Forensic medical examination” means an examination by any healthcare provider who provides medical care and gathers evidence of a sexually oriented crime in a manner suitable for use in a court of law, provid…

(a) To provide for the implementation and efficient operation of § 39-13-519 and to ensure a uniform policy for the handling, maintenance, and testing of sexual assault evidence kits and hold kits, the domestic violence state coordinating council shall create a model policy for l…

(a) When a person is initially arrested for violating § 39-13-502, § 39-13-503, § 39-13-506, § 39-13-522, § 39-13-531 or § 39-13-532 that person shall undergo human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing immediately, or not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the presentment of…

(a) Rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is more than eight (8) years of age but less than thirteen (13) years of age. (b) Rape of a child is a Class A felony and shall be punished as follows:(…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Aggravated rapist” means a person convicted of violating § 39-13-502;(2) “Child rapist” means a person convicted one (1) or more times of rape of a child as defined by § 39-13-522;(3) “Child sexual predator” …

(a) In addition to the punishment authorized by the specific statute prohibiting the conduct, a person shall receive a sentence of community supervision for life who, on or after:(1) July 1, 1996, commits a violation of § 39-13-502, § 39-13-503, § 39-13-504, or § 39-13-522;(2) Ju…

(a) After a person sentenced to community supervision pursuant to § 39-13-524 has been on supervision for a period of fifteen (15) years, the person may petition the sentencing court for release from community supervision. (b) Upon receiving a petition, the court shall, at least …

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly violate a condition of community supervision imposed upon the person pursuant to § 39-13-524. (b) (1) If the conduct that is a violation of a condition of community supervision does not constitute a criminal offense, the violation is…

(a) Sexual battery by an authority figure is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by the following circumstances:(1) The victim was, at the time of the offense, thirteen (13) years of age or older but less then eighteen (…

(a) It is an offense for a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, by means of oral, written or electronic communication, electronic mail or internet services, directly or through another, to intentionally command, request, hire, persuade, invite or attempt to induce a person…

(a) It is an offense for a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, by means of oral, written or electronic communication, electronic mail or internet service, including webcam communications, directly or through another, to intentionally command, hire, persuade, induce or cau…

(a) (1) Any conveyance or real or personal property used in the commission of an offense under this part, is subject to judicial forfeiture under chapter 11, part 7 of this title; provided, however, that the offense is committed against a person under eighteen (18) years of age a…

(a) Aggravated rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is eight (8) years of age or less. (b) Aggravated rape of a child is a Class A felony and shall be punished as follows:(1) If the defendant w…

(a) Statutory rape by an authority figure is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or of the defendant by the victim when:(1) The victim is at least thirteen (13) but less than eighteen (18) years of age;(2) The defendant is at least four (4) years older th…

(a) A person commits the offense of promoting travel for prostitution if the person sells or offers to sell travel services that the person knows to include travel for the purpose of engaging in what would be prostitution if occurring in the state. (b) “Travel services” means, bu…

(a) Especially aggravated rape is unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim that would constitute aggravated rape under § 39-13-502 accompanied by two (2) or more of the following circumstances:(1) The defendant tortures the victim duri…

(a) Especially aggravated rape of a child is unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is more than twelve (12) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age, accompanied by three (3) or more of the following circ…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Course of grooming conduct” means a pattern of two (2) or more predicate acts, directed at the same minor, evidencing a continuity of purpose. In determining whether a course of grooming conduct exists, the trier of fact may consider the frequency…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in §§ 39-13-601 — [former] 39-13-603 [repealed] and title 40, chapter 6, part 3, a person commits an offense who:(A) Intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to interc…