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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-119

Strip searches restricted

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington (2012)

Most recently applied in 494 F. App'x 574 - United States v. Dexter Morris, Jr. (August 2012)

Acts 1982, ch. 759, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-828; Acts 2012, ch. 848, § 28.

(1) As used in this section, “strip search” means having an arrested person remove or arrange some or all of the person's clothing so as to permit a visual inspection of the genitals, buttocks, anus, female breasts or undergarments of the arrested person.

(2) No person arrested for a traffic, regulatory or misdemeanor offense, except in cases involving weapons, a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue, shall be strip searched unless there is reasonable belief that the individual is concealing a weapon, a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue or other contraband.

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.