Title 39, Criminal Offenses

It is a defense to prosecution for aggravated perjury that the person retracted the false statement before completion of the testimony at the official proceeding during which the aggravated perjury was committed.

(a) A person commits an offense who, with the intent to deceive, induces another to make a false statement constituting perjury or aggravated perjury. (b) (1) Subornation of perjury is a Class A misdemeanor.(2) Subornation of aggravated perjury is a Class E felony. (1) Subornatio…

(1) It is no defense to prosecution for perjury or aggravated perjury that:(1) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner, or that there was some irregularity in the appointment or qualification of the person who administered the oath; or(2) The document was not sw…

Except as provided in § 39-16-704, a charge of perjury or aggravated perjury that alleges the person charged has made two (2) or more statements under oath, any two (2) of which cannot both be true, need not allege which statement is false if both statements were made within the …

(a) This part is known and may be cited as the “Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act.” (b) The purpose of this part is to counter the threat and practice of transnational repression committed by foreign governments or foreign terrorist organizations against the citizen…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:(1) “Agent of a foreign adversary” means an agent directed or controlled by a foreign adversary, or such agent's proxy;(2) “Agent of a foreign terrorist organization” means an agent directed or controlled by a foreig…

(1) Except in the case of a Class A felony offense, a criminal offense must be punished one (1) classification higher than is otherwise provided by law if the offense is:(1) Committed by an agent of a foreign adversary or agent of a foreign terrorist organization while acting kno…

(a) Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, a ruling or decision of a state court, arbitration panel, tribunal, or administrative agency that is based in whole or in part on a foreign law is void and unenforceable in this state if it would deny a party a liberty, right, or privile…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1990.”

(1) The following definitions apply in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Artificial intelligence”:(A) Means a machine-based system that:(i) Can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions; influence real and vi…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess material that includes a minor engaged in:(1) Sexual activity; or(2) Simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive. (1) Sexual activity; or (2) Simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive. (b) A person possess…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly promote, sell, distribute, transport, purchase or exchange material, or possess with the intent to promote, sell, distribute, transport, purchase or exchange material, that includes a minor engaged in:(A) Sexual activity; or(B) Sim…

(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly promote, employ, use, assist, transport or permit a minor to participate in the performance of, or in the production of, acts or material that includes the minor engaging in:(1) Sexual activity; or(2) Simulated sexual activity that is …

If the district attorney general is of the opinion that §§ 39-17-1001 — 39-17-1005 are being violated, the district attorney general may file a petition in a circuit, chancery or criminal court of that district relating the opinion, and request the court to issue a temporary rest…

No process, except as otherwise provided, shall be issued for the violation of §§ 39-17-1003 — 39-17-1005 unless it is issued upon the application of the district attorney general of the district.

(a) Any conveyance or real or personal property used in the commission of an offense under this part is subject to forfeiture under title 40, chapter 33, part 2. (b) Notwithstanding § 40-33-211, the proceeds from all forfeitures made pursuant to this section shall be transmitted …

(a) (1) It is an offense for a person to knowingly possess, distribute, or produce technology, software, or digital tools designed for the purpose of creating material that includes a minor engaged in:(A) Sexual activity; or(B) Simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive…

(a) It is an offense for a person to display, exhibit, handle, or use a venomous or dangerous snake or reptile in a manner that endangers the life or health of any person. As used in this subsection (a), “venomous” means any toxic substance that is actively injected by an animal …

(a) A provider of electronic communications service, as defined in § 39-17-308, is prohibited from notifying an account holder, or any other person not authorized to be notified, of the service or the content of a search warrant or subpoena issued to the electronic communications…

(a) It is an offense for a person to unlawfully dispose of water carrying human waste, household or business waste, or to pipe or transmit raw sewage or the effluent from any septic tank or other system of any type, into or on public or private property. (b) Each day of continued…

(a) It is an offense for a person to place or permit to remain outside any dwelling, building, or other structure, or within any warehouse or storage room or any unoccupied or abandoned dwelling, building or other structure, under any circumstances as to be accessible to children…

(a) All new iceboxes or refrigerators that have a capacity of one and one-half (1½) cubic feet or more, and an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more, and that have a door or lid equipped with a latch or other fastening device capable of securing the door or lid shut, sold o…

(a) It is an offense for a person maintaining toilet facilities available to the public to impose a charge for the use of the facility. (b) Each toilet facility maintained in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. (c) An offense under this section is a Class C …

(a) It is an offense for any person with the intent to harm another knowingly to offer, give or entice another to take or accept any treat, candy, gift, or food that is poisonous or harmful to the health or welfare of the recipient or other person. (b) An offense under this secti…

(a) It is an offense for a person to adulterate any food product or liquid that is manufactured, marketed, grown, or produced for human consumption or any pharmaceutical product that is designed, marketed, or prescribed for the diagnosis or treatment of a disease or medical condi…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Barricade” means a barrier for obstructing the passage of motor vehicle traffic;(2) “Detour sign” means any sign placed across or on a public road of the state, by the state, the county or municipal authoriti…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Air operations area” means a portion of an airport designed and used for the landing, taking off, or surface maneuvering of airplanes; and(2) “Sterile area” means an area to which access is controlled by the …

(a) It is an offense to tie, attach or otherwise place any sign, sheet, board, poster, banner, advertisement, or other similar item on any fence or barrier that borders an interstate highway if the fence or barrier was constructed or is owned by a governmental entity. (b) A viola…

(a) It is an offense for any person or persons to engage in what is known as prize fighting or boxing with or without gloves, or in other brutal sport or exhibition, whereby bruising, maiming, or other serious bodily injury may result to the boxers or participants unless regulate…

(1) As used in § 39-17-1103, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Sports contest” means any professional or amateur sport, athletic game, contest, or race involving machines, persons or animals, viewed by the public, or for which admission is charged;(2) “Sports official” m…

(a) A person commits the crime of sports bribery who:(1) Confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence the participant not to give the participant's best efforts in a sports contest;(2) Confers, or offers or agrees to confe…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “ticket seller” means a person who has executed a written agreement with the management of any venue for a sporting event, theater, musical performance, or public entertainment or amusement of any kind, to sell t…

(a) (1) It is an offense for any person to knowingly and intentionally remove, disconnect, alter or cause to have removed, disconnected or altered a warning, guard or other safety device from any machine, tool or other implement and as a result of that action another person suffe…

(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly issue, sell or manufacture a false academic degree. As used in this subsection (a), “person” includes any individual, corporation, firm, company, partnership or association. (b) It is an offense for an individual to knowingly use o…

(a) It is an offense to offer to pay or to pay a motor vehicle traffic citation of any person who purchased any device or mechanism, passive or active, to detect or purposefully interfere with or diminish the measurement capabilities of any radar, laser, or other device or mechan…

(a) It is an offense for any person for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain to transport or cause to be transported into the state an individual who the person knows or should have known has illegally entered or remained in the United States, as determin…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Employment” means any work engaged in for compensation in money or other valuable consideration and for which a person paying the compensation for the work performed would be required to file a W-2 wage and t…

(a) (1) It is an offense for any person to knowingly cause to be prepared, sign, or file records of any property transfer document when the transferor, grantor or person applying for registration knows or should know by an examination of the public records, that the transferor or…

(a) (1) It is an offense for any person to knowingly prepare, sign, or file any lien or other document with the intent to encumber any real or personal property when such person has no reasonable basis or any legal cause to place such lien or encumbrance on such real or personal …

(a) A person commits the offense of human smuggling who, for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain:(1) Knowingly transports an individual with intent to conceal the individual from a law enforcement officer or a federal immigration officer, while knowing t…

(a) A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits an offense who:(1) Is an alien against whom a valid final order of removal is outstanding by reason of being a member of any of the classes described in 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a); and(2) Intentionally fails or refuses to de…

(a) A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits an offense who:(1) Is an alien that has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstandi…

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution, as defined in § 45-11-102; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substan…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Geodetic control monument” means a land surveying monument established by licensed professional land surveyors and governmental agencies. A geodetic control monument may be in the form of, but is not limited to, a metal pin, aluminum disk, brass d…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Adjudication as a mental defective or adjudicated as a mental defective” means:(A) A determination by a court in this state that a person, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, mental illness, incompeten…

(a) A person commits an offense who intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs or sells:(1) An explosive or an explosive weapon;(2) A device principally designed, made or adapted for delivering or shooting an explosive weapon;(3) A machine gun;(4) Hoa…