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Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-7-201

Obstruction of roads, bridges and ditches — Penalty — Removal

Known as the Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law

The act spans §§ 54-7-101 to 54-7-207 (23 sections).

Acts 1974, ch. 738, § 13; T.C.A., § 54-1014; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2012, ch. 689, § 9; 2013, ch. 472, § 3.

(1) The chief administrative officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any fence, gate, or other obstruction from the roads, bridges and ditches of the county and to clean out and clear all fences and ditches along or adjacent to the county roads.

(2) Any person who places or maintains an obstacle or obstruction upon the right-of-way of any county road and refuses to remove the obstacle or obstruction upon direction of the chief administrative officer to do so commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(3) It is a Class C misdemeanor to place or cause to be placed any obstruction upon the right-of-way or in the ditches along any county road except that transmission lines, telephone or telegraph lines or poles may be placed on and along the right-of-way of any county road under the direction and with the permission of the chief administrative officer.

(4) [Deleted by 2013 amendment.]

(5) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this section shall apply to all counties.

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.