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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-107

Claim of right

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Gentry (2017)

Most recently applied in State v. Gentry (November 2017)

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 1030, § 19.

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under §§ 39-14-103, 39-14-104 and 39-14-106 that the person:

(1) Acted under an honest claim of right to the property or service involved;

(2) Acted in the honest belief that the person had the right to obtain or exercise control over the property or service as the person did; or

(3) Obtained or exercised control over property or service honestly believing that the owner, if present, would have consented.

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.