As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Advertisement” means a notice or an announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event, or publicizing a job vacancy; “Blackmail” means threatening to expose or reveal the identity of another or any material, document, secret or other information that might subject a […]
A person commits the offense of false imprisonment who knowingly removes or confines another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with the other’s liberty. False imprisonment is a Class A misdemeanor.
Kidnapping is false imprisonment as defined in § 39-13-302, under circumstances exposing the other person to substantial risk of bodily injury. Kidnapping is a Class C felony.
Aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302, committed: To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function; With the intent to inflict serious bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another; Where the victim suffers bodily injury; or […]
Especially aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302: Accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly weapon; Where the victim was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the removal or […]
It is the offense of custodial interference for a natural or adoptive parent, step-parent, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew of a child younger than eighteen (18) years of age to: Remove the child from this state knowing that the removal violates a child custody determination as defined in § 36-6-205, the rightful […]
A person commits the offense of involuntary labor servitude who knowingly subjects, or attempts to subject, another person to forced labor or services by: Causing or threatening to cause serious bodily harm to the person; Physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain the person; Abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process; Knowingly […]
A person commits the offense of trafficking persons for forced labor or services who knowingly: Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude; or Benefits, financially […]
A person commits the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act who: Knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, benefits from, or attempts to benefit from another person’s provision of a commercial sex act; Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, purchases, or obtains by any other means, another person for the purpose of providing a […]
Each violation of §§ 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 shall constitute a separate offense.
A corporation may be prosecuted for a violation of §§ 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 for an act or omission constituting a crime under this part only if an agent of the corporation performs the conduct that is an element of the crime while acting within the scope of the agent’s office or employment and on behalf […]
Chapter 11, part 7 of this title shall govern the procedure by which property subject to forfeiture pursuant to § 39-11-703(c) is forfeited, and this section shall govern the manner in which proceeds from forfeitures are distributed and used. Notwithstanding § 39-11-713, the proceeds from all forfeitures made pursuant to § 39-11-703(c) shall first be […]
This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Act.” There is created the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline to be established and maintained by the Tennessee bureau of investigation in a manner consistent with this section. Any governmental entity or private business or establishment that […]
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates: “Human trafficking offense” means the commission of any act that constitutes the criminal offense of: Involuntary labor servitude, under § 39-13-307; Trafficking persons for forced labor or services, under § 39-13-308; Trafficking for commercial sex act, under § 39-13-309; or Promoting the prostitution of a […]
A person commits the offense of advertising commercial sexual abuse of a minor if the person knowingly sells or offers to sell an advertisement that would appear to a reasonable person to be for the purpose of engaging in what would be a commercial sex act, as defined in § 39-13-301, with a minor. Advertising […]
