Tennessee § 52-3-604 Escape or violence - Aiding or abetting - Gifts

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§ 52-3-604 — Escape or violence - Aiding or abetting - Gifts

Tennessee § 52-3-604

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-604 (2026).

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(a)A person commits a Class E felony who:

(1)Counsels, causes, influences, aids, or assists a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability to leave a facility without valid legal authority after the person supported was committed under court order;

(2)Harbors or conceals a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability who has left a facility without valid legal authority;

(3)Incites a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability, while the person supported is committed to a facility, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability committed to a facility designated by the commissioner, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere,

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(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids, or assists a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability to leave a facility without valid legal authority after the person supported was committed under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability who has left a facility without valid legal authority; (3) Incites a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability, while the person supported is committed to a facility, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability committed to a facility designated by the commissioner, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with an intellectual or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, illegal drugs, or any other harmful articles. (b) An employee or official of a facility who receives from a person with an intellectual or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor. (c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and must be punished as a principal.