In order that sites and artifacts on state-owned or controlled land shall be protected for the benefit of the public, it is a misdemeanor for any person, natural or corporate, to write upon, carve upon, paint, deface, mutilate, destroy, or otherwise injure any object of antiquity, artifact, Indian painting, Indian carving, or sites and all such acts of vandalism shall be punished as Class A misdemeanors according to this chapter.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation
§ 11-6-102. Chapter Definitions
§ 11-6-106. Defacement of Sites or Artifacts — Penalty
§ 11-6-110. Designation as Archaeological Site
§ 11-6-111. Sites Threatened by Construction Projects — Contract With Corporations or Organizations
§ 11-6-113. Contracts and Cooperative Agreements — Authorization