Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-104

Misconduct in performance of duties for purposes of misleading another

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1904; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

A person commits a Class C misdemeanor who, with the purpose of misleading a person in the performance of such person's official duties under this title:

(1) Makes any written or oral false statement which such person does not believe to be true;

(2) Purposely creates a false impression in a written application required by this title by omitting information necessary to prevent statements therein from being misleading; or

(3) Submits or invites reliance on any writing which such person knows to be forged, altered or otherwise lacking in authenticity.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.