Title 39, Criminal Offenses

(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Damage” includes, but is not limited to:(A) Destroying, polluting, or contaminating property;(B) Tampering with property and causing pecuniary loss or substantial inconvenience to the owner or a third person;(C) Intentionally spilling, pourin…

None of this part shall be construed in any way to affect the right of eminent domain or prevent surveyors or civil engineers from making such surveys as are necessary and lawful in the discharge of their duties.

(a) It is the duty of any sawmill owner or operator or other person purchasing timber in the form of logs, dye wood, cord wood, hickory blocks, stave blocks, hoop poles, cross ties, shrubbery or any other kind of timber from the lands sold to the state for taxes or other state-ow…

(a) A person commits the offense of critical infrastructure vandalism who knowingly:(1) Interrupts or interferes with critical infrastructure or its operation;(2) Destroys or injures critical infrastructure;(3) Uses, alters, encrypts, ransoms, destroys, or otherwise renders unava…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly damage, destroy, remove or otherwise tamper with a residential mailbox or other container such person knows or reasonably should know is used for the receipt or deposit of United States mail. Any person convicted of violating this …

(a) It is an offense for a person to intentionally throw, hurl or project a stone or other hard substance, or shoot a missile, at a train, locomotive, railway car, caboose, street railway car, bus, motorcycle, steam vessel or other watercraft used for carrying passengers or freig…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Equal Access to Public Property Act of 2012.” (b) As used in this section, “camping” means:(1) Any of the following at any time between ten o'clock p.m. (10:00 p.m.) and seven o'clock a.m. (7:00 a.m.):(A) Erecting, placing,…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commercial purpose” means litter discarded by a business, corporation, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity conducting business for economic gain, or by an employee or agent of the …

(a) A person commits littering who:(1) Knowingly places, drops or throws litter on any public or private property without permission and does not immediately remove it;(2) Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous substances on or adjacent to water to which the public…

(a) Mitigated criminal littering is littering in an amount less than or equal to five pounds (5 lbs.) in weight or seven and one-half (7.5) cubic feet in volume. (b) Mitigated criminal littering is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) and as p…

(a) Criminal littering is littering in an amount more than five pounds (5 lbs.) in weight or seven and one-half (7.5) cubic feet in volume and less than or equal to ten pounds (10 lbs.) in weight or fifteen (15) cubic feet in volume. (b) Criminal littering is a Class B misdemeano…

(a) Aggravated criminal littering is littering:(1) In an amount exceeding ten pounds (10 lbs.) in weight or fifteen (15) cubic feet in volume; or(2) In any amount for any commercial purpose, including knowingly placing, dropping, or throwing two (2) or more tires on any public or…

In addition to the penalties established in this part, the court may, in its discretion, require a person convicted under this part to remove any substance listed under § 39-14-501 that was dropped, placed or discharged by the person and restore the property or waters damaged by …

(a) (1) Any motor vehicle that transports litter or any material likely to fall or be blown off onto the highways, shall be required to have such material either in an enclosed space or fully covered by a tarpaulin.(2) (A) If the motor vehicle is a noncommercial, not-for-hire pic…

(a) (1) County legislative bodies may, by resolution, impose regulations for litter control, including the placing, dropping, throwing, collection and storage of garbage, litter, refuse and rubbish on public or private property. The definitions of commercial purposes, garbage, li…

All law enforcement agencies, officers, and officials of this state or any political subdivision of this state, or any enforcement agency, officer, or any official of any commission or authority of this state or any political subdivision of this state is authorized, empowered, an…

(a) All proceeds from the fines imposed by this part shall be deposited in the general fund of the county where the offense occurred and designated for county operating costs with preference given to litter prevention programs and education such as those conducted by Keep America…

In counties with an environmental court designated pursuant to chapter 426 of the Public Acts of 1991, the courts shall exercise exclusive general sessions jurisdiction, over this part, pursuant to title 40.

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Access” means to approach, instruct, communicate, or connect with, store data in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, computer system, or computer network, or i…

(a) (1) It is an offense to:(A) Knowingly, directly, or indirectly access, cause to be accessed, or attempt to access any telephone system, telecommunications facility, computer software, computer program, data, computer, computer system, computer network, or any part thereof, fo…

(a) It is an offense for a person without authority to falsify or forge electronic mail transmission information or other routing information in any manner in connection with the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail through or into the computer network of an electroni…

(a) Any person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of any provision of this part may file a civil action and recover for any damages sustained and the costs of the civil action. Without limiting the generality of the term, “damages” shall include loss of …

(1) For the purposes of venue under this part, any violation of this part shall be considered to have been committed:(1) In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of any transaction violating this part;(2) In any county in which any violator had control or posse…

A person who possesses any tool, machine or implement with intent to use the same, or allow the same to be used, to commit any burglary, commits a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) A person commits an offense who unlawfully possesses any component part of an explosive including, but not limited to, a fuse cap, detonator or wiring, with the intent to produce or manufacture an explosive device. (b) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (c)…

(a) It is an offense to possess any device, tool, machine, implement or other item with the intent to use it or allow it to be used to unlawfully deactivate, circumvent, interfere with, remove or otherwise render inoperative a monitor, sensor, camera or other security device used…

(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Automated sales suppression device” or “zapper” means a software program, carried on a memory stick or removable compact disc, accessed through an internet link, or accessed through any other means, that falsifies the electronic records of el…

(a) It is an offense to possess a device, tool, machine, implement, or other item capable of programming a smart key or key fob with the intent to use it or allow it to be used to commit theft. (b) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Actor” means a person accused of any of the offenses defined in this part;(2) “Animal” means any warm-blooded or cold-blooded animal or insect which is being used in food or fiber production, agriculture, resear…

(a) A person commits an offense if, without the consent of the owner, the person acquires or otherwise exercises control over an animal facility, an animal from an animal facility, or other property from an animal facility with the intent to deprive the owner of the facility, ani…

(a) A person found to be in violation of any of the offenses defined in § 39-14-803(a), (b), or (e) commits a Class C felony. (b) Any person violating § 39-14-803(c) commits a Class B misdemeanor.

(1) For purposes of enforcing this part, the commissioner:(1) May investigate any offense under this part;(2) May seek the assistance of any law enforcement agency of the United States, the state, or any local government in the conduct of the investigations; and(3) Shall coordina…

(a) Any person who has been damaged by reason of a violation of this part may recover all actual and consequential damages, punitive damages, and court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, from the person causing the damage. (b) In addition to the remedies provided in thi…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Money Laundering Act of 1996.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Attorney general” means the district attorneys general and their assistants;(2) “Financial transaction” means a purchase, sale, loan, pledge, contract, gift, payment, and also includes a withdrawal, transmission…

(a) (1) It is an offense to knowingly use, conspire to use or attempt to use proceeds derived directly or indirectly from a specified unlawful activity to conduct or attempt to conduct a financial transaction or make other disposition with the intent to conceal or disguise the na…

A defendant charged with a violation of one (1) or more offenses within § 39-14-903 may also be jointly charged, tried and convicted in a single prosecution for committing any related specified unlawful activity, which shall be separately punished.

Venue in a criminal prosecution under this part shall be either in the county where one (1) or more elements of the underlying specified unlawful activity occurred, or in the county where one (1) or more elements of a violation of § 39-14-903 occurred or was attempted.

(a) In a prosecution for an offense under this part, the state is not required to prove that the defendant actually knew that the property or proceeds were derived from a specified unlawful activity, so long as the defendant knew that the property or proceeds were derived from so…

(1) In a prosecution under this part, either party may introduce the following evidence pertaining to the issue of whether the property or proceeds were known to be from some form of specified unlawful activity that:(1) A financial transaction was conducted or structured in viola…

The attorney general may authorize any governmental department or agency of this state, any political subdivision thereof, or any other state or federal government to participate in the investigation into the conduct giving rise to a criminal offense under this part.

The reporting of a financial transaction by a corporation or other business entity to a regulator or law enforcement official or agency shall not create a cause of action against the person, corporation or business entity which made the report and the person, corporation or other…

(a) A person commits the crime of nonsupport who fails to provide support which that person is able to provide and knows the person has a duty to provide to a minor child or to a child or spouse who, because of physical or mental disability, is unable to be self-supporting. (b) “…

(a) The juvenile court is vested with jurisdiction to:(1) Try, determine, and render final judgment in all misdemeanor cases under § 39-15-101 where the person enters a plea of guilty, nolo contendere, or not guilty and expressly waives indictment, presentment, grand jury investi…

(a) An appeal from any final order or decree of the juvenile court pursuant to this part may be perfected to the court of appeals; provided, that any order of actual imprisonment except for contempt may be perfected as are appeals from any other criminal conviction pursuant to § …