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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-511

Offense of aggravated abuse of elderly or vulnerable adult

Acts 2019, ch. 474, § 12.

(1) A person commits the offense of aggravated abuse of an elderly or vulnerable adult who knowingly commits abuse pursuant to § 39-15-510, and: The act results in serious psychological injury or serious physical harm;

(2) A deadly weapon is used to accomplish the act or the abuse involves strangulation as defined in § 39-13-102; or

(3) The abuse results in serious bodily injury.

(4) A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class C felony.

(5) A violation of subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class B felony.

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.