All testimony, books, documents, or other writings, records or tangible objects obtained by the attorney general and reporter pursuant to §§ 8-6-401 and 8-6-402 shall be confidential and shall not be publicly divulged by the office of the attorney general and reporter except in the discharge of the duties of the office or in legal proceedings in which the state is a party.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-407
Confidentiality of writings, records or tangible objects obtained by attorney general
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McNiel v. Cooper (2007)
Most recently applied in McNiel v. Cooper (March 2007)
Acts 1978, ch. 890, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-863.
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