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TN Code § 39-13-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-509. Sexual Contact With a Minor — Sexual Contact by an Authority Figure

  It is an offense for a defendant to engage in unlawful sexual contact with a minor when:  The minor is less than eighteen (18) years of age;   The defendant is at least four (4) years older than the victim; and   The defendant was, at the time of the offense, in a position of trust, or had supervisory or disciplinary power over the minor by virtue of the defendant's legal, professional, or occupational status and used the position of trust or power to accomplish the sexual contact; or   The defendant had, at the time of the offense, parental or custodial authority over the minor and used the authority to accomplish the sexual contact.     As used in this section, “sexual contact” means the defendant intentionally touches or kisses the minor's lips with the defendant's lips if such touching can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.   Sexual contact by an authority figure is a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).   Each instance of unlawful sexual contact shall be considered a separate offense.
TN Code § 39-13-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-510. [unconstitutional.]

 Code Commission Notes.   Section 39-13-510 was ruled unconstitutional by the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Campbell v. Sundquist, 926 S.W.2d 250 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996); the Tennessee Supreme Court subsequently denied appellant's application for appeal. Accordingly, this section has been removed from the Tennessee Code Annotated as unconstitutional.   Law Reviews.   Constitutional Law — Campbell v. Sundquist: Tennessee's Homosexual Practices Act Violates the Right to Privacy, 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 311 (1997).
TN Code § 39-13-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-512. Prostitution — Definitions

 As used in §§ 39-13-512 — 39-13-515, unless the context otherwise requires:   “House of prostitution” means any place where prostitution or the promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one (1) or more persons under the control, management or supervision of another;   “Inmate” means, within the meaning of this part concerning prostitution, a person who engages in prostitution in or through the agency of a house of prostitution;   “Patronizing prostitution” means soliciting or hiring another person with the intent that the other person engage in prostitution, or entering or remaining in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity;    “Promoting prostitution” means:   Owning, controlling, managing, supervising, or in any way keeping, alone or in association with others, a business for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, or a house of prostitution;   Procuring an inmate for a house of prostitution;   Encouraging, inducing, or otherwise purposely causing another to become a prostitute;   Soliciting a person to patronize a prostitute;   Procuring a prostitute for a patron; or   Soliciting, receiving, or agreeing to receive any benefit for engaging in any of the activities defined in subdivisions (4)(A)(i)-(v); and     “Promoting prostitution” does not include a person who solicits, procures, induces, encourages, or attempts to cause another to patronize a prostitute if:   The person promoting the prostitute and the prostitute being promoted are the same person; and   The intent of the promotion is the solicitation of business for only the prostitute engaging in the promotion;       “Promoting prostitution of a minor” means engaging in any of the activities described in subdivision (4) when one (1) or more of the persons engaged in prostitution is less than eighteen (18) years of age or has an intellectual disability;   “Prostitution” means engaging in, or offering to engage in, sexual activity as a business or being an inmate in a house of prostitution or loitering in a public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity; and   “Sexual activity” means any sexual relations including homosexual sexual relations.
TN Code § 39-13-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-513. Prostitution — Defenses

  A person commits an offense under this section who engages in prostitution.    Prostitution is a Class B misdemeanor.   Prostitution committed within one hundred feet (100') of a church or within one and one-half (1½) miles of a school, such distance being that established by § 49-6-2101, for state-funded school transportation, is a Class A misdemeanor.   A person convicted of prostitution within one and one-half (1½) miles of a school shall, in addition to any other authorized punishment, be sentenced to at least seven (7) days of incarceration and be fined at least one thousand dollars ($1,000).     As used in subsection (b), “school” means all public and private schools that conduct classes in any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).   Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, if it is determined after a reasonable detention for investigative purposes, that a person suspected of or charged with a violation of this section is under eighteen (18) years of age, that person shall be immune from prosecution for prostitution as a juvenile or adult. A law enforcement officer who takes a person under eighteen (18) years of age into custody for a suspected violation of this section shall, upon determination that the person is a minor, provide the minor with the telephone number for the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline and release the minor to the custody of a parent or legal guardian or transport the minor to a shelter care facility designated by the juvenile court judge to facilitate the release of the minor to the custody of a parent or legal guardian.   It is a defense to prosecution under this section that a person charged with a violation of this section was so charged for conduct that occurred because the person was a victim of an act committed in violation of § 39-13-307 or § 39-13-309, or because the person was a victim as defined under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (22 U.S.C. § 7102).
TN Code § 39-13-514 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-514. Patronizing Prostitution — Unacceptable Defenses

  A person commits an offense under this section:  Who patronizes prostitution; or   When a person patronizes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor.      Patronizing prostitution is a Class A misdemeanor.   Patronizing prostitution within one and one-half (1.5) miles of a school shall, in addition to any other authorized punishment, be punished by no less than seven (7) days of incarceration and by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).    Patronizing prostitution from a person who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age or has an intellectual disability is punishable as trafficking for commercial sex acts under § 39-13-309.   Nothing in this subdivision (b)(3) shall be construed as prohibiting prosecution under any other applicable law.       As used in subsection (b), “school” means all public and private schools that conduct classes in any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).   It is not a defense to a violation of this section that:  The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer;   The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or   The solicitation was unsuccessful, the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or the law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense.
TN Code § 39-13-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-515. Promoting Prostitution – Unacceptable Defenses

  A person commits an offense under this section:  Who promotes prostitution; or   Who promotes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or is a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor.     Except as provided in subsection (c), promoting prostitution is a Class E felony.   Promoting prostitution is punishable as:  Trafficking for a commercial sex act under § 39-13-309 if the person being promoted is less than eighteen (18) years of age; or   A Class D felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability as defined in § 33-1-101.     It is not a defense to a violation of this section that:  The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer;   The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or   The solicitation was unsuccessful, the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or a law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense.
TN Code § 39-13-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-516. Aggravated Prostitution

  A person commits aggravated prostitution when, knowing that such person is infected with HIV, the person engages in sexual activity as a business or is an inmate in a house of prostitution or loiters in a public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity.   For the purposes of this section, “HIV” means the human immunodeficiency virus or any other identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that an infection with HIV has occurred in order for a person to have committed aggravated prostitution.   Aggravated prostitution is a Class C felony.
TN Code § 39-13-520 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-520. Creation of Model Policy for Handling, Maintenance and Testing of Sexual Assault Evidence Kits and Hold Kits

  To provide for the implementation and efficient operation of § 39-13-519 and to ensure a uniform policy for the handling, maintenance, and testing of sexual assault evidence kits and hold kits, the domestic violence state coordinating council shall create a model policy for law enforcement agencies responding to reports of sexually oriented crimes.   The model policy shall include guidelines for officers on:  Investigating reports of sexually oriented crimes;   Providing victim assistance;   Collaborating with victim advocates, healthcare providers, and victim service agencies; and   Collecting, storing, and submitting sexual assault evidence kits to the state crime lab or similar qualified laboratory for either serology or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing.     The model policy shall be distributed to all law enforcement agencies that are likely to encounter reports of sexually oriented crimes on or before January 1, 2016.   All law enforcement agencies that are likely to encounter reports of sexually oriented crimes shall establish written policies and procedures on responding to reports of sexually oriented crimes. An agency may adopt the model policy developed by the domestic violence state coordinating council or an agency may adopt its own policy; provided, that the policy includes the same or higher standards as the model policy developed by the council. Each agency shall adopt its written policy on or before July 1, 2016.
TN Code § 39-13-522 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-522. Rape of a Child

  Rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is more than eight (8) years of age but less than thirteen (13) years of age.    Rape of a child is a Class A felony.    Notwithstanding title 40, chapter 35, a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished as a Range II offender;  however, the sentence imposed upon such person may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case shall it be lower than Range II.   Section 39-13-525(a) shall not apply to a person sentenced under this subdivision (b)(2).   Notwithstanding any  law to the contrary, the board of parole may require, as a mandatory condition of supervision for any person convicted under this section, that the person be enrolled in a satellite-based monitoring program for the full extent of the person's term of supervision consistent with the requirements of § 40-39-302.
TN Code § 39-13-524 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-524. Sentence of Community Supervision for Life

  In addition to the punishment authorized by the specific statute prohibiting the conduct, a person shall receive a sentence of community supervision for life who, on or after:  July 1, 1996, commits a violation of § 39-13-502, § 39-13-503, § 39-13-504, or §  39-13-522;   July 1, 2010, commits a violation of § 39-13-531; or   The applicable date as provided in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) attempts to commit a violation of any of the sections enumerated in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2).     The judgment of conviction for all persons to whom subsection (a) applies shall include that the person is sentenced to community supervision for life.   The sentence of community supervision for life shall commence immediately upon the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed upon the person by the court or upon the person's release from regular parole supervision, whichever first occurs.    A person on community supervision shall be under the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the department of correction in the same manner as a person under parole supervision. The department is authorized on an individual basis to establish such conditions of community supervision as are necessary to protect the public from the person's committing a new sex offense, as well as promoting the rehabilitation of the person.   The department is authorized to impose and enforce a supervision and rehabilitation fee upon a person on community supervision similar to the fee imposed by § 40-28-201. To the extent possible, the department shall set the fee in an amount that will substantially defray the cost of the community supervision program. The department shall also establish a fee waiver procedure for hardship cases and indigency.
TN Code § 39-13-525 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-525. Release From Community Supervision

  After a person sentenced to community supervision pursuant to § 39-13-524 has been on supervision for a period of fifteen (15) years, the person may petition the sentencing court for release from community supervision.   Upon receiving a petition, the court shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to a hearing on the petition, cause the office of the district attorney general responsible for prosecuting the person to be notified of the person's petition for release from supervision. Upon being notified, the district attorney general shall conduct a criminal history check on the person to determine if the person has been convicted of a criminal offense during the period of community supervision. The district attorney general shall report the results of the criminal history check to the court, together with any other comments the district attorney general may have concerning the person's petition for release. The district attorney general may also appear and testify at the hearing, in lieu of, or in addition to, submitting written comments.   Between the date the petition is filed with the court and the date established by the court for a hearing on the petition, if the person is entitled to a hearing, the person shall be examined and evaluated by a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist with health service designation approved by the board. The cost of the examination and evaluation shall be the sole responsibility of the person petitioning for release from supervision. No hearing on the petition may be conducted until the person has been examined and evaluated in accordance with this subsection (c).    If the report of the district attorney general indicates that the petitioner has been convicted of a criminal offense while under community supervision, the court shall deny the petition without conducting a hearing.   If the report of the district attorney general indicates that the petitioner has not been convicted of a criminal offense while under community supervision, the court shall conduct a hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the court shall call such witnesses, including the examining psychiatrist or licensed psychologist with health service designation or the prosecuting district attorney general, as the court deems necessary to reach an informed and just decision on whether the petitioner should be released from community supervision. The petitioner may offer such witnesses and other proof at the hearing as is relevant to the petition.   If a petition for release from supervision is denied by the court, the person may not file another such petition for a period of three (3) years.
TN Code § 39-13-526 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-526. Violations of Community Supervision — Venue for Violations

  It is an offense for a person to knowingly violate a condition of community supervision imposed upon the person pursuant to § 39-13-524.    If the conduct that is a violation of a condition of community supervision does not constitute a criminal offense, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor.   If the conduct that is a violation of a condition of community supervision also constitutes a criminal offense that is classified as a misdemeanor, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor.   If the conduct that is a violation of a condition of community supervision also constitutes a criminal offense that is classified as a felony, the violation is a Class E felony.   Each violation of a condition of community supervision constitutes a separate offense.     If the violation of community supervision involves the commission of a new offense, the sentence for a violation of this section shall be served consecutive to any sentence received for commission of the new offense.    The venue for a violation of community supervision shall be in the county where the person was being supervised at the time of the violation and this venue shall include those persons placed on supervision in this state but who are being monitored in another state.   For purposes of prosecuting a violation of community supervision, the probation and parole officer assigned to the person may act as the affiant when seeking an affidavit of complaint against the person.
TN Code § 39-13-527 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-527. Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure

  Sexual battery by an authority figure is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by the following circumstances:  The victim was, at the time of the offense, thirteen (13) years of age or older but less then eighteen (18) years of age; or   The victim was, at the time of the offense, mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, regardless of age; and,    The defendant was at the time of the offense in a position of trust, or had supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the defendant's legal, professional or occupational status and used the position of trust or power to accomplish the sexual contact; or   The defendant had, at the time of the offense, parental or custodial authority over the victim and used the authority to accomplish the sexual contact.       Sexual battery by an authority figure is a Class C felony.
TN Code § 39-13-528 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-528. Offense of Solicitation of a Minor

  It is an offense for a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, by means of oral, written or electronic communication, electronic mail or internet services, directly or through another, to intentionally command, request, hire, persuade, invite or attempt to induce a person whom the person making the solicitation knows, or should know, is less than eighteen (18) years of age, or solicits a law enforcement officer posing as a minor, and whom the person making the solicitation reasonably believes to be less than eighteen (18) years of age, to engage in conduct that, if completed, would constitute a violation by the soliciting adult of one (1) or more of the following offenses:  Rape of a child, pursuant to § 39-13-522;   Aggravated rape, pursuant to § 39-13-502;   Rape, pursuant to § 39-13-503;   Aggravated sexual battery, pursuant to § 39-13-504;   Sexual battery by an authority figure, pursuant to § 39-13-527;   Sexual battery, pursuant to § 39-13-505;   Statutory rape, pursuant to § 39-13-506;   Especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, pursuant to § 39-17-1005;   Sexual activity involving a minor, pursuant to § 39-13-529;   Trafficking for commercial sex acts, pursuant to § 39-13-309;   Patronizing prostitution, pursuant to § 39-13-514;   Promoting prostitution, pursuant to § 39-13-515; or   Aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, pursuant to § 39-17-1004.     It is no defense that the solicitation was unsuccessful, that the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or that the law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense. It is no defense that the minor solicited was unaware of the criminal nature of the conduct solicited.   A violation of this section shall constitute an offense one (1) classification lower than the most serious crime solicited, unless the offense solicited was a Class E felony, in which case the offense shall be a Class A misdemeanor.   A person is subject to prosecution in this state under this section for any conduct that originates in this state, or for any conduct that originates by a person located outside this state, where the person solicited the conduct of a minor located in this state, or solicited a law enforcement officer posing as a minor located within this state.
TN Code § 39-13-531 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 39 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person|Part 5 - Sexual Offenses|§ 39-13-531. Aggravated Rape of a Child

  Aggravated rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is eight (8) years of age or less.    Aggravated rape of a child is a Class A felony.   The applicable sentencing provisions of title 40, chapter 35, apply to the offense prohibited by this section except:  A sentencing hearing shall not be conducted as required by § 40-35-209; and   After a defendant is found guilty of aggravated rape of a child, the judge shall sentence the defendant to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole.