Tennessee Statutes

§ 58-1-621 — Misbehavior on active duty

Tennessee § 58-1-621

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-1-621 (2026).

Text

Any member of the national guard who, while on active state duty:

(1)Runs away;
(2)Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is the guard member's duty to defend;
(3)Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property;
(4)Casts away arms or ammunition;
(5)Is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6)Quits the guard member's place of duty to plunder or pillage; or (7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard; is guilty of a Class E felony.

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Legislative History

Acts 1970, ch. 596, § 65, T.C.A., § 7-321; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 69.

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