§ 40-39-207. Request for Termination of Registration Requirements — Tolling of Reporting Period — Review of Decisions to Deny Termination of Reporting Requirements — Lifetime Registration
Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a)(3), unless a plea was taken in conjunction with § 40-35-313, no sooner than ten (10) years after termination of active supervision on probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration, or no sooner than ten (10) years after discharge from incarceration without supervision, an offender required to register […]
§ 40-39-208. Violations — Penalty — Venue — Providing Records for Prosecution
It is an offense for an offender to knowingly violate any provision of this part. Violations shall include, but not be limited to: Failure of an offender to timely register or report; Falsification of a TBI registration form; Failure to timely disclose required information to the designated law enforcement agency; Failure to sign a TBI […]
§ 40-39-103. Publication of List of Persons Convicted of Animal Abuse on Tbi Website — Length of Time Name Maintained on List — Removal of Name
Beginning January 1, 2016, the TBI shall post a publicly accessible list on its website of any person convicted of an animal abuse offense on and after that date. The list shall include a photograph taken of the convicted animal abuser as part of the booking process, the animal abuser’s full legal name, and other […]
§ 40-39-104. Promulgation of Rules
The TBI may promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
§ 40-39-201. Short Title — Legislative Findings
This part shall be known as and may be cited as the “Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004.” The general assembly finds and declares that: Repeat sexual offenders, sexual offenders who use physical violence and sexual offenders who prey on children are violent sexual offenders who present […]
§ 40-39-202. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Conviction” means a judgment entered by a Tennessee court upon a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, a finding of guilt by a jury or the court notwithstanding any pending appeal or habeas corpus proceeding arising from the judgment. “Conviction” includes, but is […]
§ 40-38-606. Request That Governmental and Private Entities Use Substitute Address — Registration as Voter — Service of Process
A program participant may request that a governmental entity use the address designated by the secretary of state as the program participant’s substitute address. Except as otherwise provided by this part, if the program participant requests that a governmental entity use the substitute address and provides evidence of certification as a program participant, the governmental […]
§ 40-38-607. Confidentiality of Program Participant’s Voter Registration Record — Voter Registration and Absentee Deadlines Applicable — Exemption From Jury Duty
The coordinator of elections and the administrator of elections shall keep a program participant’s voter registration record confidential. The form shall be stored in a secure manner and the coordinator of elections and administrator of elections shall have access to the form and to the residence address contained in the form. The coordinator of elections […]
§ 40-38-608. Cancellation of Program Participant’s Certification — Notice of Cancellation — Request to Withdraw From Program — Responsibility to Notify Others That Substitute Address Is No Longer Valid
The secretary of state shall cancel the certification of a program participant if any of the following are true: The program participant’s application contained one or more false statements; The program participant failed to relocate to a new address or failed to provide documentary evidence of the new residence address to the secretary of state, […]
§ 40-38-609. Disclosure of Substitute Address or Other Information by Secretary of State — Requests for Disclosure
Except as otherwise provided by this part, the secretary of state shall not disclose the confidential address or any other information contained within a program participant’s file, other than the substitute address designated by the secretary of state, except under the following circumstances: If directed by a court order signed by a judge of a […]