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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-38-106

Property offenses — Rights of victims

Acts 1990, ch. 957, § 6; 1993, ch. 527, §§ 7, 8.

Victims of crimes involving offenses against property shall have the right to:

(1) Recover property in the custody of the police or the court as soon as is reasonably possible;

(2) Restitution ordered as a condition of probation or a suspended sentence or parole and the swift revocation of the privileges for failure to make the ordered restitution; and

(3) Once a claim under the criminal injuries compensation fund has been filed with the state, the claim shall be disposed of expeditiously and any award or other benefit to which a victim may be entitled shall be paid promptly.

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.