Title 65, Public Utilities and Carriers

No telegraph or telephone company, or other such company, shall be permitted to attach its lines to, or otherwise use, the poles of any other telegraph or telephone company without the consent of such company being first had and obtained.

Every telephone company doing business within this state, and engaged in a general telephone business, shall supply all applicants for telephone connection and facilities, without discrimination or partiality; provided, that such applicants comply or offer to comply with the reas…

(a) In consideration of the right-of-way over public property pursuant to §§ 65-21-101 and 65-21-201, every telegraph or telephone corporation shall, in the case of war, insurrection, or civil commotion of any kind, and for the arrest of criminals, give immediate dispatch, at the…

(a) All other messages, including those received from other telegraph or telephone companies, shall be transmitted in order of their delivery, correctly, and without unreasonable delay, and at the usual rates, and shall be kept strictly confidential, subject, however, to disclosu…

(a) Every telegraph or telephone company doing business in this state must, under a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every refusal so to do, transmit over its wires to localities on its lines, for any individual or corporation or other telegraph or telephone co…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to damage or obstruct any telegraph or telephone poles, wires, fixtures, or other apparatus or appliances, or to impede or impair the service of any telegraph or telephone line; or to connect by wire, or other means, with any such line, so as to …

It is the duty of any judge of the court of general sessions who knows of any offenses under this chapter to forthwith issue a warrant for the arrest of such person, and have such offender brought before the judge for trial.

(a) Any person who fails to relinquish a telephone party line or a public pay telephone after having been requested to do so to permit another to place an emergency call to a fire department or police department, or for medical aid or ambulance service, commits a Class C misdemea…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the chief law enforcement officer of any county, city or town, or such law enforcement officer's designee, may by written request require a telephone company employee designated by the company to cut, reroute or divert telephone lines …

(a) Any telephone call made between two (2) points in the same county in Tennessee shall be classified as toll-free and shall not be billed to any customer. (b) This section shall apply to all companies or entities providing telephone service in this state as public utilities, in…

(a) Funding for the Tennessee relay services/telecommunications devices access program (TRS/TDAP) programs shall be provided by the state emergency communications board. Such funding shall not exceed the total cost of the TRS/TDAP program in 2012 unless approved by the fiscal rev…

(1) A cellular or other wireless telecommunications service provider or other person who proceeds to construct a new tower shall submit the following information to the comptroller of the treasury:(1) The location of the tower site which shall include the county and the municipal…

(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual knowingly prevents another individual from placing a telephone call to 911 or from requesting assistance in an emergency from a law enforcement agency, medical facility, or other agency or entity the primary purpose of which …

Any person or corporation organized for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by magnetic telegraph or telephone, or other system of transmitting intelligence the equivalent thereof, which may be invented or discovered, may construct, operate, and maintain such telegraph, tele…

The ordinary use of such public highways, streets, works, railroads, bridges, trestles, or structures shall not be thereby obstructed, nor the navigation of such waters impeded, and just damages shall be paid to the owners of such lands, railroads, and turnpikes, by reason of the…

No telegraph or telephone corporation has the power to contract with the owners of lands or the rights in lands, or with any other person or corporation, for the right to erect, operate, or maintain telegraph, telephone, or other lines or works for the speedy transmission of inte…

In the event such telegraph or telephone companies should fail, upon application to such individuals, railroads, companies, to secure such right-of-way, by consent, contract, or agreement, then such telegraph or telephone corporations shall have the right to proceed to procure th…

When any such telegraph or telephone company shall desire to construct lines on or along the lands of individuals, or on the right-of-way and structures of any railroad, the telegraph or telephone company may, by its agents, have the right peacefully to enter upon such lands, str…