Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-16-104 — Soliciting unlawful compensation
Tennessee § 39-16-104
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-104 (2026).
Text
(a)A public servant commits an offense who requests a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that the public servant was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested.
(b)Solicitation of unlawful compensation is a Class E felony.
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Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 39-16-104, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/39-16-104.