Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-13-302 — False imprisonment
Tennessee § 39-13-302
JurisdictionTennessee
Title39
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-302 (2026).
Text
(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.
(b)False imprisonment is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Doe v. Andrews
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Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A., §39-13-303; Acts 1990, ch. 982, § 1.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 39-13-302, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/39-13-302.