Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-2-108 — Wharves to be kept in repair
Tennessee § 69-2-108
JurisdictionTennessee
Title69
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-2-108 (2026).
Text
(a)No owner, lessee, or such owner's or lessee's agent, in charge of a wharf upon any of the rivers of this state, where the same is kept or used for profit, shall be entitled to make and collect any charge whatever for wharfage, or the landing of boats, unless the wharf is, at the time of making such charge, in good repair, macadamized or cobblestoned. When it is not convenient to get stone, the owner of the wharf or bank may use such material as will put and keep the wharf or bank in repair.
(b)Failure upon the part of anyone having charge of such wharf to keep the same in repair, as described in this section, is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Acts 1879, ch. 81, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 3550, 3551; Code 1932 §§ 7973, 7974; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§70-208, 70-209; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Nearby Sections
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Navigable waters are highways§ 69-1-102
Opening and cleaning navigable streams§ 69-1-104
Working on streams as public roads§ 69-1-106
Compensation of supervisor§ 69-1-107
Obstructing river - Penalty§ 69-1-108
Diverting water from main channel§ 69-1-109
Temporary diversion from sluice§ 69-1-110
Damages for diversion of stream§ 69-1-111
County may permit or remove improvements§ 69-1-112
Commissioners of watercourses§ 69-1-113
Forfeiture for obstructing stream§ 69-1-114
Railroad drawbridges - Operation§ 69-1-115
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 69-2-108, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/69-2-108.