Title 39, Criminal Offenses

(a) With respect to a consumer sale, consumer credit sale or consumer lease, the seller or lessor may not give or offer to give a rebate or discount or otherwise pay or offer to pay value to a buyer or lessee as an inducement for a sale or lease in consideration of the buyer or l…

It is lawful and not in violation of this part for a person, upon complying with the rules of public fairs, to enter and contend for any and all premiums as may be offered at such fairs.

The general assembly, by enacting this part, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by this part. No governmental subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law that regulates or makes any conduct in the area covered by this part an offense, a violation, or…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Annual event” means an event:(A) Authorized by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly;(B) Operated for the benefit of a nonprofit organization located in Tennessee;(C)…

(a) It is an offense for any person, including a state lottery retailer, to sell a state lottery ticket or share to any person under eighteen (18) years of age. (b) It is an offense for a state lottery retailer to allow a person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase a stat…

(a) It is a delinquent act for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase, or attempt to purchase, a state lottery ticket or share. (b) It is a delinquent act for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to redeem, or attempt to redeem, a state lottery ticket or share…

(a) It is an offense for a person, other than a state lottery retailer, to sell a state lottery ticket or share. (b) It is an offense for a person to sell a state lottery ticket or share at a price other than face value. (c) It is an offense for a state lottery retailer to sell a…

(a) It is an offense for a state lottery retailer to fail to display a certificate of authorization pursuant to § 4-51-115(d) at each location where the retailer sells state lottery tickets or shares. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(a) Each state lottery retailer shall display, in a prominent place at the location where the retailer sells lottery tickets or shares, a sign, at least seventeen inches (17″) high and twenty-two inches (22″) wide, stating: ATTENTION: STATE LAW STRICTLY PROHIBITS THE SALE OF LOTT…

(a) It is an offense for any person to falsely make, alter, forge, pass or counterfeit a state lottery ticket with the intent to defraud. (b) It is an offense for any person to knowingly influence, or attempt to influence, the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly:(1) Make a material false statement in any application to the corporation for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities; or(2) Make a material false entry in any book or record which is compiled for the corporation, maint…

All terminals, tickets, shares, and other devices imported, transported, or distributed under the authority of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation are exempt from 15 U.S.C. § 1172.

The general assembly, by enacting this part, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by this part and the Tennessee Education Lottery Implementation Law, compiled in title 4, chapter 51. No political subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law, ordinance,…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly sell annual event tickets, shares, chances or similar records for a period longer than the period authorized pursuant to § 3-17-103(d)(3). (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor; provided, however, that the maximu…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly conduct more than one (1) annual event for the benefit of the same nonprofit organization within the twelve-month period beginning July 1 following the application deadline and ending the next June 30. (b) A violation of this secti…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly conduct an annual event at a location other than the location, or locations, listed in a nonprofit organization's annual event application pursuant to § 3-17-104(e)(4). (b) It is an offense for any person to knowingly conduct an an…

(a) (1) It is an offense for any person to knowingly engage in gambling promotion under the pretense of conducting an annual event.(2) A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class E felony; provided, however, that the maximum fine shall be the greater of:(A) Fifty thousand dolla…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly:(1) Fail to file a financial accounting for an annual event as required pursuant to § 3-17-106;(2) Fail to timely file a financial accounting for an annual event as required pursuant to § 3-17-106;(3) Make a material false statemen…

(a) It is an offense for any person to falsely make, alter, forge, pass or counterfeit a ticket, share, chance or similar record for an annual event with the intent to defraud. (b) It is an offense for any person to knowingly influence, or attempt to influence, the winning of a p…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease, facilities, locations, advertising services, printing services, telephone services, gambling records or gambling devices based on a percentage of the proceeds of an annual event or by any …

All tickets, shares, chances or similar records and other devices imported, transported, or distributed for an annual event operated pursuant to title 3, chapter 17 are exempt from 15 U.S.C. § 1172.

The general assembly, by enacting §§ 39-17-651 — 39-17-658, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by §§ 39-17-651 — 39-17-658 and title 3, chapter 17. No political subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation that re…

This part shall not apply to acts that are lawful under § 26-5-107 or title 57.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell wine, beer, ale, or any other beverage or mixed drink containing alcohol in any establishment unless the establishment is operating in compliance with all laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages in the establishments. (b) A violati…

(a) No person, unless authorized to do so under title 57, shall receive, possess or transport with the intent to redistribute or resell in this state any intoxicating liquor that has not had all taxes attributable to the intoxicating liquor paid. (b) It shall be inferred that any…

(a) It is unlawful for any common carrier or other person or organization to transport into this state or to transport from one (1) location to another within this state any intoxicating beverages for the purpose of resale unless licensed to do so. (b) A violation of this section…

(1) Nothing in § 39-17-703 shall make it unlawful for:(1) Any priest or minister of any religious denomination or sect to receive and possess wines for sacramental purposes, or for any common or other carrier to ship or transport wine for sacramental purposes to any priest or min…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, company, or other entity to manufacture intoxicating beverages unless authorized by law to do so; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the manufacture of alcohol for use as a fuel to power motor-driven vehicles and mach…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to have possession or control of any still or other apparatus, or part of any still or other apparatus, used or intended to be used for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor as prohibited by law. (b) A violation of this section is a Cl…

(a) Notwithstanding this part, a private individual in the person's own home may manufacture and possess wine or beer in an amount not in excess of that amount annually permitted as of January 1, 1997, by federal statutes and regulations relative to household manufacture and cons…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, unless authorized by law to do so, to have or keep in stock, in any warehouse or place of business or other place, any intoxicating liquors, including wine, ale or beer, intended for present or future sale as a beverage, either wholesale or reta…

Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of § 39-17-713, the sheriff or other officer shall be directed as a part of the judgment of the court to destroy or otherwise dispose of all alcoholic beverages according to law.

(a) It is unlawful to consume or possess any alcoholic beverage on the school plant or grounds of any public school in this state having any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12). (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(1) The following definitions apply in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:(1) “Actual or constructive knowledge” means that a person is deemed to have constructive knowledge of the contents of material who has knowledge of facts that would put a reasonable and prude…

(a) (1) It is unlawful to knowingly produce, send or cause to be sent, or bring or cause to be brought, into this state for sale, distribution, exhibition or display, or in this state to prepare for distribution, publish, print, exhibit, distribute, or offer to distribute, or to …

(a) Upon a showing of probable cause that the obscenity laws of this state are being violated, any judge or magistrate shall be empowered to issue a search warrant in accordance with the general law pertaining to searches and seizures in this state. The warrant shall authorize or…

Upon the conviction of the accused, the court may, when the conviction becomes final, order any matter of advertisement, in respect whereof the accused stands convicted, and that remains in the possession or under the control of the district attorney general or any law enforcemen…

(a) The circuit, chancery, or criminal courts of this state and the chancellors and judges of those courts shall have full power, authority, and jurisdiction, upon application by sworn detailed petition filed by the district attorney general within their respective jurisdictions,…

(a) The remedies and procedures set out in §§ 39-17-901 — 39-17-908 are supplementary to each other and no remedy shall be construed as excluding or prohibiting the use of any other remedy. (b) Except as expressly provided in this part, §§ 39-17-901 — 39-17-908 shall not be const…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to exhibit for public consumption, whether or not the exhibition is for compensation, any motion picture, film, movie, or videotape that depicts sexual conduct as defined in § 39-17-901, unless the exhibition is within a theater auditorium or oth…

(a) Criminal action shall commence only on criminal indictment or the issuance of a warrant by a judge of any court of record; provided, that the commencement of any criminal action shall be made only with the prior knowledge and written approval of the district attorney general …

(a) It is an offense for a person eighteen (18) years of age or older to knowingly promote or organize a gathering of two (2) or more minors in a public place, as defined in § 39-13-511, with the intent to provide a location for said minors to engage in public indecency as define…

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly possess a child-like sex doll. (b) It is an offense for a person to knowingly sell or distribute a child-like sex doll. (c) It is an offense for a person to knowingly transport a child-like sex doll into this state or within this sta…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell or loan for monetary consideration or otherwise exhibit or make available to a minor:(1) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, video game, computer software game, or similar visual representation or i…

(a) This section is known and may be cited as the “Protect Tennessee Minors Act.” (b) As used in this section:(1) “Active user” means the viewer of a website;(2) “Age-verified session” refers to the lesser of the session during which the active user's age was verified using a rea…

(a) It is unlawful for a person to display for sale or rental a visual depiction, including a videocassette tape or film, video game, computer software game, or a written representation, including a book, magazine or pamphlet, that contains material harmful to minors anywhere min…