Tennessee Statutes
§ 68-102-146 — Controlled burns - Burning woods - Notice - Extinguishment - Penalty
Tennessee·Title 68
(a)No person shall set fire to any woods that are not the person's own property, nor to the person's own property, without giving at least two (2) days' notice to persons owning the adjacent lands, and also taking effectual care to extinguish the fire before it extends beyond such person's own lands.
(b)A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, §§ 1703, 1704 (deriv. Acts 1777, ch. 25, § 1; 1782, ch. 29, § 2); Shan., §§ 3017, 3018; Code 1932, §§ 5241, 5242; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2445, 53-2446; Acts 1986, ch. 651, § 2; 1989, ch. 591, § 112; T.C.A., § 68-17-146.
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