Tennessee § 71-4-116 Fraudulent devices

Tennessee Statutes

§ 71-4-116 — Fraudulent devices

Tennessee § 71-4-116

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-116 (2026).

Text

A person who knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, assistance to which such person is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which such person is justly entitled, or whoever with intent to defraud aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of the property, either personal or real, of a recipient of assistance without the consent of the department, commits a Class E felony.

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A person who knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, assistance to which such person is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which such person is justly entitled, or whoever with intent to defraud aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of the property, either personal or real, of a recipient of assistance without the consent of the department, commits a Class E felony.

Legislative History

Acts 1937, ch. 51, § 19; C. Supp. 1950, § 4765.76 (Williams, § 4765.73); Acts 1955, ch. 23, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-523, 14-13-116; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 105.