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Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 1 - Evidence of Crimes
§ 38-1-102. Removing or Disturbing Body or Other Articles at Scene of Death Unlawful - It is unlawful for any person to touch, disturb, move...
§ 38-1-105. Failure to Report Discovery of Dead Body - It is a Class A misdemeanor for any person who...
Part 2 - Scrap Jewelry and Metal Dealers
§ 38-1-204. Penalties - A violation of this part is a Class A misdemeanor.
Part 3 - Statutory Rape Prevention
§ 38-1-301. Purpose of Part - The purpose of this part is to curtail the crime...
§ 38-1-303. Contents of Report - The report may include, to the extent known by the...
§ 38-1-304. Confidentiality of Reports and Identities - Reports made under this part, and the identity of the...
§ 38-1-305. Notice of Statutory Rape From Public Assistance Providers to Law Enforcement Agencies - When a person who is at least thirteen (13) years...
§ 38-1-306. Immunity of Persons Making Reports - Any person making a report under this part shall be...
Part 4 - Cross Reporting of Animal Cruelty
§ 38-1-401. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
Part 5 - Racial Profiling Prevention Act
§ 38-1-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 38-1-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part:
§ 38-1-503. Adoption of Written Policy Prohibiting Racial Profiling - Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a written policy that...
Part 6 - Providing Caller Locations in Emergencies
§ 38-1-601. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 38-1-603. Liability of Wireless Telecommunications Service Provider - No cause of action shall lie in any court against...
§ 38-1-604. Adoption of Rules - The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall adopt rules, in...
Part 7 - Immunity From Civil Liability -
Chapter 2 - Self Defense
§ 38-2-101. Lawful Resistance — by Whom Made - Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may...
§ 38-2-102. Resistance by Party About to Be Injured - Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by...
§ 38-2-103. Resistance by Others - Any other person, in aid or defense of the person...
Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses
§ 38-3-101. Methods of Preventing Offenses - Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the...
§ 38-3-102. Duties of Sheriff - Code 1858, § 4933; Shan., § 6894; Code 1932, §...
§ 38-3-103. Other Conservators of the Peace - The judicial and ministerial officers of justice in the state,...
§ 38-3-104. Officers May Command Aid - All officers authorized to execute judicial process, who find, or...
§ 38-3-105. Acts by Persons Aiding Officers - Whenever the officers of justice are authorized to act in...
§ 38-3-106. Refusal to Obey Command to Aid Officers - Any person commanded to aid, under this chapter, any magistrate...
§ 38-3-107. Neglect of Duty by Officer - Any magistrate or officer, having notice of any unlawful act...
§ 38-3-108. Duty to Arrest - It is the duty of all peace officers who know,...
§ 38-3-109. Bond to Keep the Peace - A person arrested pursuant to § 38-3-108 shall be required...
§ 38-3-110. Form of Bond — Scire Facias Upon Forfeiture - The bonds required to be given by § 38-3-109 shall...
§ 38-3-111. Officer Failing to Perform Duties Prescribed in §§ 38-3-108, 38-3-109 - Any peace officer who knowingly fails or refuses to perform...
§ 38-3-112. Power of Governor to Order Posse or Military Force From Other County - If it appears to the governor that the power of...
§ 38-3-113. Federal Officers Making Arrests for Nonfederal Offenses - A sworn federal law enforcement officer, who in official capacity...
§ 38-3-121. Use of Choke Holds - No law enforcement officer shall use a choke hold or...
Chapter 5 - Inquests
§ 38-5-101. Affidavit Required to Hold Inquest - No inquest shall be held by the coroner or any...
§ 38-5-102. False Affidavit — Perjury - Any person who falsely, willfully, and corruptly swears out an...
§ 38-5-103. Courts of General Sessions May Hold Inquests as Coroners - Courts of general sessions shall have the same power, when...
§ 38-5-104. Jury - The jury of inquest shall consist of seven (7) jurors...
§ 38-5-105. Subpoenas for Witnesses - The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable immediately, or...
§ 38-5-106. Who Shall Be Summoned as Witnesses - The coroner shall summon and examine as a witness every...
§ 38-5-107. Surgeon or Physician as Witness - The coroner may also summon as a witness a surgeon...
§ 38-5-108. Employment of Chemist - The coroner may also, whenever deemed necessary, employ a competent...
§ 38-5-109. Allowances to Physicians and Chemists Limited - No allowance shall be made under § 38-5-107 or §...
§ 38-5-110. Service of Process - The summons for the jurors and the subpoenas for witnesses...
§ 38-5-111. Verdict of Jury - The jury, after inspecting the body, hearing the testimony, and...
§ 38-5-112. Form of Inquisition - The inquisition shall be as follows: State of Tennessee, County....
§ 38-5-113. Return of Inquisition - The coroner shall immediately return the inquisition to the criminal...
§ 38-5-114. Witnesses May Be Bound Over - The coroner shall also require all material witnesses to enter...
§ 38-5-115. Arrest of Person if Present - If the jury finds that the deceased died by the...
§ 38-5-116. Warrant for Arrest if Person Not Present - If the person charged is not present, the coroner may...
§ 38-5-117. Effect of Coroner's Warrant - The warrant of a coroner in the cases covered by...
§ 38-5-118. Disposition of Body of Decedent - After the inquisition, the coroner or medical investigator may deliver...
§ 38-5-119. Disposition of Effects Found on Body - The coroner shall, within forty (40) days after an inquest...
§ 38-5-120. Duty of County Trustee as to Effects Found on Body - Upon receipt of the money by the trustee as provided...
§ 38-5-121. Delivery of Property or Payment of Money to Legal Representatives of Deceased - If the property, before sale, or the money in the...
Chapter 6 - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 38-6-105. Retired Agents - Any agent or uniformed law enforcement officer of the Tennessee...
§ 38-6-108. Use of Dogs to Detect Illicit Substances - The Tennessee bureau of investigation is authorized to utilize dogs...
§ 38-6-111. Disposal of Gambling Devices - Any gambling device confiscated by the Tennessee bureau of investigation...
§ 38-6-112. Requests by Attorney General and Reporter for Assistance - The attorney general and reporter is authorized to request the...
§ 38-6-115. Notification of the District Attorney General - If the bureau is investigating the possible commission of any...
§ 38-6-124. Survey Requesting Information on Best Method for Interfacing Multiple Computer Databases to Allow Accessibility by Patrolling Police Officers - The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall, with the assistance of...
§ 38-6-127. Applicability of Endangered Child and Young Adult Alert Program to Endangered Person Under 21 Years of Age - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and for purposes of...
Part 2 - Narcotics Investigation Division
§ 38-6-201. Creation - There is created the narcotics investigation division within the Tennessee...
§ 38-6-206. Cooperation With Other Departments - The narcotics investigation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation...
§ 38-6-207. Presentation of Written Report to the General Assembly - The director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the...
Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations
Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act
§ 38-7-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 38-7-102. Post-Mortem Examination Division - The department of health is authorized and empowered to create...
§ 38-7-112. Immunity of Persons Performing Examinations and Autopsies - A person who in good faith performs a medical examination...
§ 38-7-113. Refusal or Neglect to Comply With § 38-7-108 — Penalty - Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with §...
§ 38-7-118. Delivery of Remains to Family Following Autopsy - The body or remains of any dead human subject to...
Part 2 - Tennessee Medical Examiner Advisory Council -
Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Police Officers
§ 38-8-101. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 38-8-106. Qualifications of Police Officers - Any person employed as a full-time police officer, and any...
§ 38-8-108. Donations of Property or Money to Commission - The commission may accept, for any of its purposes and...
§ 38-8-109. Stricter Qualifications and Standards by Employing Agency - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude an...
§ 38-8-110. Application of Chapter - This chapter does not apply to any elected officers or...
§ 38-8-112. Courses on Use of Citations in Lieu of Arrest — Domestic Violence Training — Procedures to Respond to Persons With Mental Illness - The curriculum requirements of the Tennessee peace officer standards and...
§ 38-8-113. Choke Hold and Restraining Maneuver Training - Use of choke holds and other similar restraining maneuvers, with...
§ 38-8-114. Community Policing Pilot Programs - The commission shall encourage the use of community policing by...
§ 38-8-119. Training to Respond to Mentally Ill Persons - All police officers shall annually be provided with training in...
§ 38-8-120. School Policing - A memorandum of understanding may be entered into between a...
§ 38-8-121. Substitution of Training in School Policing for Continuing Education Hours - A law enforcement officer may substitute a maximum of forty...
§ 38-8-122. Substitution of Training in Courthouse Security for Continuing Education Hours - A law enforcement officer may substitute a maximum of forty...
Part 2 - Jerry F. Agee Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy
§ 38-8-205. Authorization to Spend Appropriated and Contributed Funds - The agency designated by the governor to operate the academy,...
§ 38-8-206. Consultations With Law Enforcement Officials - In the establishment and operation of the academy, the state...
Part 3 - Investigations of Police Officers
§ 38-8-301. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 38-8-302. Questioning — Information Provided to Officer Being Questioned - Whenever an investigation by an agency focuses on matters that...
§ 38-8-303. Disclosures by Officers - No police officer shall be required or requested to disclose...
§ 38-8-304. Officer Notified of Charges and Sanctions — Opportunity to Respond — Counsel - Before any dismissal, demotion, suspension without pay or transfer for...
§ 38-8-306. Suspension of Officers - Nothing in this part shall prevent the immediate suspension without...
§ 38-8-307. Minor Infractions - Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the...
§ 38-8-308. Rights Deemed Minimum Rights — Agency Grievance Procedures — Additional Rights - The rights accorded police officers in this part shall be...
§ 38-8-309. Applicability of Part - This part shall apply only to those agencies that now...
§ 38-8-310. Political Activity - No law enforcement officer, including any member of the Tennessee...
Chapter 9 - Civil Emergencies
§ 38-9-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 38-9-102. Proclamation of Civil Emergency - When, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of...
§ 38-9-103. General Curfew - After proclamation of a civil emergency by the chief administrative...
§ 38-9-104. Restrictive Orders - After proclamation of a civil emergency, the chief administrative officer...
§ 38-9-105. Violations — Penalty - Municipalities may provide by ordinance that any person violating the...
§ 38-9-106. Exceptions to Curfew - Any curfew as defined in this chapter shall not apply...
Chapter 10 - Intrastate Communication of Criminal Statistics
§ 38-10-103. Uniform Crime Reports — Rules on Form and Content - It is the duty of the director of the Tennessee...
§ 38-10-105. Failure of Official to Make Report or Comply With Provisions - Any officer or official mentioned in this chapter who shall...
Chapter 12 - Domestic Violence State Coordinating Council
§ 38-12-101. Creation - There is created the domestic violence state coordinating council.
§ 38-12-102. Purpose — Responsibilities - The purpose of the coordinating council is to increase the...
§ 38-12-104. Annual Report - The coordinating council shall provide an annual report on its...
§ 38-12-105. Funds for Support Services — Reimbursement - The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence is...
§ 38-12-106. Law Enforcement Agency Policy and Education - All law enforcement agencies with personnel who are likely to...
§ 38-12-107. Court Personnel Policy and Education - All state and local court administrators, court clerks, and judges,...
§ 38-12-108. Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Policy and Education - The peace officers standards and training commission shall establish a...
§ 38-12-109. Administrative Office of the Court Policy and Education - The administrative office of the courts shall establish a policy...
§ 38-12-111. Policies - The coordinating council has the authority to develop policies for...
Chapter 14 - National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
§ 38-14-101. Text of Compact - The national crime prevention and privacy compact is enacted into...