The commissioner, the commissioner's deputies and assistants, including full-time arson investigators, have the power to summon witnesses and to compel them to attend before them, or either of them, and to testify under oath in relation to any matter that is by this chapter a subject of inquiry and investigation, and may require the production of any book, paper, document or other matter whatsoever deemed pertinent or necessary to the inquiry. They also have the power to administer oaths and affirmations to any person appearing as a witness before them, and false swearing in any matter shall be deemed perjury, and shall be punishable as such.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 102 - Fire Prevention and Investigation
§ 68-102-102. Specific Duties of Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance
§ 68-102-103. Additional Powers and Duties
§ 68-102-104. Deputies — Appointment — Salaries
§ 68-102-106. Salaries Fixed With Approval From Commissioner of Human Resources
§ 68-102-110. Instructions and Forms to Be Furnished to Assistants
§ 68-102-112. State Fire Marshal — Supervision of Fire Prevention Division
§ 68-102-114. Fire Insurance Companies to Make Annual Reports of Fires — Contents
§ 68-102-116. Inspection of Buildings and Premises
§ 68-102-118. Appeal From Order of Deputy or Assistant to the Commissioner
§ 68-102-119. Review of Order of Commissioner and of Judgment of Circuit Court
§ 68-102-120. Bond for Certiorari and Supersedeas
§ 68-102-121. Officer May Remedy Dangerous Conditions at Expense of Owners
§ 68-102-122. Expense Not Paid by Parties to Be Certified and Paid
§ 68-102-124. Officer Authorized to Enforce Lien
§ 68-102-128. Power to Summon and Swear Witnesses — False Swearing as Perjury
§ 68-102-129. If Crime Suspected, Testimony and Other Facts Presented to District Attorney General
§ 68-102-130. Power to Enter Buildings or Premises for Inspection or Investigation
§ 68-102-131. Fees of Witnesses and Officers
§ 68-102-132. Record of Fires Kept — Open to Public — Information May Be Withheld
§ 68-102-133. Report of Commissioner — Amendment of Laws
§ 68-102-134. Acts of Witness Punishable as for Contempt of Court
§ 68-102-135. District Attorney General Assisting in Investigation of Fires of Suspicious Origin
§ 68-102-136. No Compensation of Local Assistants
§ 68-102-138. Noncompliance by Persons or Corporations — Penalty
§ 68-102-139. Noncompliance by Officers — Penalty
§ 68-102-140. Penalties Used for Maintenance of Division
§ 68-102-141. Purpose of Chapter — Liberal Construction
§ 68-102-146. Controlled Burns — Burning Woods — Notice — Extinguishment — Penalty