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TN Code § 38-3-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-115. No Public Funds, Personnel or Property of State to Be Allocated to Enforce Federal Laws Governing Firearms Where It Would Violate State Laws

   On or after July 1, 2015, no public funds of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall be allocated to the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation regulating the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, if the expenditure of public funds would result in the violation of another Tennessee statute, Tennessee common law, or the Constitution of Tennessee.   On or after July 1, 2015, no personnel or property of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall be allocated to the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation regulating the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, if the use of personnel or property would result in the violation of another Tennessee statute, Tennessee common law, or the Constitution of Tennessee.      On or after July 1, 2016, no personnel or property of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall be allocated to the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any international law or treaty regulating the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, if the use of personnel or property would result in the violation of another Tennessee statute, Tennessee common law, or the Constitution of Tennessee.   On or after July 1, 2016, no public funds of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall be allocated to the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any international law or treaty regulating the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, if the expenditure of public funds would result in the violation of another Tennessee statute, Tennessee common law, or the Constitution of Tennessee.     For purposes of this section, “firearm” has the same meaning as defined in § 39-11-106.
TN Code § 38-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-116. Inquiry Regarding Arrested Person's Children and Whether They Will Be Left Unattended by Arrest — Policies and Procedures for Conducting Welfare Checks — Liability

  Each law enforcement agency shall ensure that, whenever a person is arrested and taken into custody by an officer of the agency, the person is asked whether that person is the parent or legal custodian of any children that will be left unattended by the person's arrest. From this information, the officer shall determine whether the child or children will be endangered by the parent or legal custodian's absence following an arrest.   Each law enforcement agency shall develop policies and procedures for conducting welfare checks on any child identified under subsection (a) as endangered. A welfare check may be performed by the arresting agency or another agency responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of children.   In the event the arrested person fails to inform the arresting law enforcement agency of any endangered children described in subsection (a), no arresting law enforcement agency, nor its personnel, shall be liable.
TN Code § 38-3-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-117. Interaction of Law Enforcement Officer With Person Who Exhibits Characteristics of Acquired Brain Injury, Intellectual Disability, or Developmental Disability

  Any law enforcement officer who interacts with a person who is a victim, witness, or suspect, or is otherwise stopped by a law enforcement officer in relation to an offense or violation, and who exhibits characteristics of an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a developmental disability shall make a good faith effort to immediately contact the parent or guardian of a minor, or a person's conservator regarding the interaction.    A law enforcement officer shall, upon the request of a person diagnosed with an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a developmental disability or the parent or guardian of a minor, or the person's conservator, make a good faith effort to ensure that a psychiatrist, psychologist, mental health counselor, special education instructor, clinical social worker, or related professional is present at all interviews with the person. The professional must have experience treating, teaching, or assisting patients or clients who have been diagnosed with an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a developmental disability or must be certified in special education with a concentration focused on persons with an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a developmental disability.   If the person who has an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a developmental disability, or if the parent or guardian of a minor or the person's conservator, requests the presence of a professional at an interview, except for expenses related to accommodations mandated by state or federal disability law, the person shall initially be responsible for any costs or fees charged by the professional related thereto. If the person is a victim or witness, the defendant shall reimburse the victim or witness for all expenses related to the attendance of the professional at the interview, in addition to other restitution or penalties provided by law, upon conviction related to the offense involving the victim or witness.   Failure to have a professional present at the time of the interview is not a basis for suppression of the statement or the contents of the interview or for a cause of action against the law enforcement officer or agency.   This subsection (b) applies to a person who is the victim, a suspect, or a defendant formally accused of a crime.     Each law enforcement agency shall ensure that appropriate policies are developed that implement this section and that training is provided to law enforcement officers based on such policies.   For purposes of this section:  “Acquired brain injury” means an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology; and   “Developmental disability” and “intellectual disability” have the same meanings as defined in § 33-1-101.
TN Code § 38-3-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-118. Policies and Guidelines Regarding Use of Marked Law Enforcement Vehicles by Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers for Travel to and From Vulnerable Locations

  Except as provided in subsection (b), a chief law enforcement officer of a state or local law enforcement agency may develop and implement policies and guidelines regarding the use of marked law enforcement vehicles by off-duty law enforcement officers for travel to and from vulnerable locations in order to project an enhanced security presence while at such locations.   A chief law enforcement officer shall not develop or implement policies or guidelines in accordance with subsection (a) without the express approval of:  With respect to a local law enforcement agency, the executive head or legislative body of the local government, as applicable, vested with the authority to direct such chief law enforcement officer; and   With respect to a state law enforcement agency, the executive head of the state department or agency within which the state law enforcement agency is created.     For purposes of this section, “vulnerable locations” includes places of worship, schools, and parks.
TN Code § 38-3-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-121. Use of Choke Holds

 No law enforcement officer shall use a choke hold or other similar respiratory restraining maneuver, with or without the use of a police baton, on any suspect, defendant or other person unless other methods of restraint are ineffective. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of the lateral vascular maneuver.
TN Code § 38-3-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-123. Prohibition Against Requiring Victims of Sexual Offenses to Submit to Polygraph

  No law enforcement officer shall require any victim of a sexual offense, as defined in § 40-39-202, or violent sexual offense, as defined in § 40-39-202, to submit to a polygraph examination or any other test designed to detect deception or verify the truth of statements through instrumentation or by means of a mechanical device, as a condition of the officer proceeding with the investigation of the offense.   A violation of this section shall subject the officer to appropriate departmental disciplinary action.
TN Code § 38-5-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-101. Affidavit Required to Hold Inquest

 No inquest shall be held by the coroner or any court of general sessions over the dead body of any person until an affidavit, in writing, is made and signed by two (2) or more reliable persons, averring the death of the person and that there is good reason to believe that the person died by unlawful violence at the hands of some other person; and without the affidavit, in writing, the coroner or court shall have no jurisdiction to hold an inquest over the dead body of any person, and all proceedings without the affidavit shall be utterly void and useless. Unless this section is literally, rigidly, and strictly complied with, and the affidavit filed with the papers, the coroner or court shall receive no fees or compensation for holding the inquest.
TN Code § 38-5-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-102. False Affidavit — Perjury

 Any person who falsely, willfully, and corruptly swears out an affidavit as provided for in § 38-5-101 shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and punished as provided for by law for the offense, and in addition to the penalty provided by law for perjury, shall be taxed with all the costs incidental to the inquisition, based upon the false and corrupt affidavit.
TN Code § 38-5-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-103. Courts of General Sessions May Hold Inquests as Coroners

 Courts of general sessions shall have the same power, when called on, to hold juries of inquest over the bodies of deceased persons, as coroners, and have the same fees as are allowed coroners for the same services.
TN Code § 38-5-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-104. Jury

 The jury of inquest shall consist of seven (7) jurors who shall be summoned by the coroner and be sworn by such coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where and by what means that person died, and to render a true verdict on the death, according to the evidence offered the jurors or arising from inspection of the body.   Code 1858, § 5300; Shan., § 7278; Code 1932, § 11879; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 11879; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-404.
TN Code § 38-5-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-105. Subpoenas for Witnesses

 The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable immediately, or at the time and place as the coroner may appoint, and may enforce witnesses' attendance and punish for contempt and other causes, in like manner as a court of general sessions in a state case.   Code 1858, § 5301; Shan., § 7279; Code 1932, § 11880; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-405.
TN Code § 38-5-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-106. Who Shall Be Summoned as Witnesses

 The coroner shall summon and examine as a witness every person who, in the coroner's opinion, or that of any of the coroner's jury, has any knowledge of the facts.   Code 1858, § 5302; Shan., § 7280; Code 1932, § 11881; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-406.
TN Code § 38-5-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-107. Surgeon or Physician as Witness

 The coroner may also summon as a witness a surgeon or physician, when requested so to do by the district attorney general, to make examination of the body, including the performing of an autopsy, and give a professional opinion as to the cause of death, whose fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and the fee shall be allowed in the bill of costs.   Code 1858, § 5303 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 75, § 2); Shan., § 7281; Code 1932, § 11882; Acts 1943, ch. 26, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11882; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-407.
TN Code § 38-5-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-108. Employment of Chemist

 The coroner may also, whenever deemed necessary, employ a competent chemist to examine for poison, and make an analysis of suspected substances, whose fee, not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), shall be allowed in the bill of costs.   Code 1858, § 5304 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 75, § 4); Shan., § 7282; Code 1932, § 11883; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-408.
TN Code § 38-5-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-109. Allowances to Physicians and Chemists Limited

 No allowance shall be made under § 38-5-107 or § 38-5-108, except to persons actually summoned by the coroner for the express purpose, and duly reported by the coroner to the court.   Code 1858, § 5305 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 75, § 3); Shan., § 7283; Code 1932, § 11884; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-409.
TN Code § 38-5-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-110. Service of Process

 The summons for the jurors and the subpoenas for witnesses may be served by the sheriff, or any constable of the county, or by the coroner personally.   Code 1858, § 5306; Shan., § 7284; Code 1932, § 11885; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-410.
TN Code § 38-5-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-111. Verdict of Jury

 The jury, after inspecting the body, hearing the testimony, and making all needful inquiries, shall render a verdict by an inquisition in writing, signed by the jury, setting forth as near as may be, who the person was, when, where, and by what means the person died, and whether by the act of another, and what other person, and whether by unlawful means.   Code 1858, § 5307; Shan., § 7285; Code 1932, § 11886; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-411.
TN Code § 38-5-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-112. Form of Inquisition

 The inquisition shall be as follows:   State of Tennessee,   County.   An inquisition held at  , in the county and state aforementioned, on the  day of  , 20 , before  , coroner of such county, upon the body of  (or a person unknown), there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths do say: (here state, when, how, by what person, means, weapon, or accident the person died, and whether feloniously, as near as may be according to the requirements of § 38-5-111).   In testimony whereof, the jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and date above.   Code 1858, § 5308; Shan., § 7286; Code 1932, § 11887; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-412.
TN Code § 38-5-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-113. Return of Inquisition

 The coroner shall immediately return the inquisition to the criminal court of the coroner's county, if any, and, if not, to the circuit court of the county, together with a list of the witnesses who testified to material facts.   Code 1858, § 5309; Shan., § 7287; Code 1932, § 11888; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-413.
TN Code § 38-5-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-114. Witnesses May Be Bound Over

 The coroner shall also require all material witnesses to enter into an undertaking to appear at such court, if in session, or at the next succeeding term, and may require security for such undertaking, and, for this purpose, the coroner is vested with all the powers of a court of general sessions in state cases.   Code 1858, § 5310; Shan., § 7288; Code 1932, § 11889; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-414.
TN Code § 38-5-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-115. Arrest of Person if Present

 If the jury finds that the deceased died by the act of another by unlawful means, the coroner may arrest the person implicated, if present, and may make out a warrant requiring an officer, or other person authorized by the officer, to take such person before a magistrate, or may commit the person until the person can be carried before a magistrate.   Code 1858, § 5311; Shan., § 7289; Code 1932, § 11890; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-415.
TN Code § 38-5-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-116. Warrant for Arrest if Person Not Present

 If the person charged is not present, the coroner may issue a warrant to the sheriff, or any other lawful officer, requiring the officer to arrest such person and take the person before a magistrate.   Code 1858, § 5312; Shan., § 7290; Code 1932, § 11891; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-416.
TN Code § 38-5-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-117. Effect of Coroner's Warrant

 The warrant of a coroner in the cases covered by this chapter shall be of equal authority with that of a court of general sessions, and, when the person charged is brought before the court, the person shall be dealt with as a person held under complaint in the usual form.   Code 1858, § 5313; Shan., § 7291; Code 1932, § 11892; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-417.
TN Code § 38-5-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-118. Disposition of Body of Decedent

 After the inquisition, the coroner or medical investigator may deliver the body of the deceased to the deceased's relatives, if there are any; but if not, the coroner or the medical investigator shall cause the deceased to be decently buried or cremated in accordance with § 68-4-113, and the expense to be paid from the property found with the body, or, if there is none, from the county treasury, by certifying an account of the expenses to the county mayor, who shall allow and pay the expenses, if deemed reasonable, as other claims on the county.   Code 1858, § 5314; Shan., § 7292; Code 1932, § 11893; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-418, Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2; 2013, ch. 287, § 5.
TN Code § 38-5-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-119. Disposition of Effects Found on Body

 The coroner shall, within forty (40) days after an inquest on a dead body, deliver to the county trustee any money or other property found on the body, unless used for burial, or claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives of the deceased. If the coroner fails so to do, the trustee may, by motion before any tribunal having cognizance of the amount, upon ten (10) days' notice to the coroner, recover from the coroner and the coroner's official sureties the amount or value of the money or property, with interest, and twelve and one half percent (12.5%) damages.   Code 1858, § 5315; Shan., § 7293; Code 1932, § 11894; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-419.
TN Code § 38-5-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-120. Duty of County Trustee as to Effects Found on Body

 Upon receipt of the money by the trustee as provided in § 38-5-119, the trustee shall place it to the credit of the county. If it is other property, the trustee shall, within three (3) months, sell it at the courthouse of the county, at public auction, upon reasonable public notice, and shall, in like manner, place the proceeds to the credit of the county.   Code 1858, § 5316; Shan., § 7294; Code 1932, § 11895; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-420.
TN Code § 38-5-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 5 - Inquests|§ 38-5-121. Delivery of Property or Payment of Money to Legal Representatives of Deceased

 If the property, before sale, or the money in the treasury, is demanded in six (6) years by the legal representatives of the deceased, the trustee shall deliver or pay it to them, after deducting the fees of the coroner, expenses of sale, and three percent (3%) commissions for the trustee, and the money may be paid to the representative at any time after the expiration of six (6) years, upon the order of the court of general sessions.   Code 1858, § 5317; Shan., § 7295; Code 1932, § 11896; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-421.
TN Code § 38-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 9 - Civil Emergencies|§ 38-9-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Chief administrative officer” means the mayor of any municipality incorporated under the general law pursuant to title 6, chapter 1, part 2, or of any metropolitan government as chartered pursuant to title 7, chapter 1; and the city manager of any municipality incorporated pursuant to title 6, chapter 18, or of any municipality incorporated pursuant to title 6, chapter 30. In the case of other municipalities the chief administrative officer shall be the city manager or if there be none, the mayor. Any municipality, however, may by ordinance, specially designate any official as chief administrative officer for purposes of this chapter;   “Civil emergency” means:  A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual force or violence or a threat to use force, if accompanied by the immediate power to execute, by three (3) or more persons acting together without authority of law;   Any natural disaster or man-made calamity, including, but not limited to, flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the geographic limits of a municipality resulting in the death or injury of persons, or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and   The destruction of property, or the death or injury of persons brought about by the deliberate acts of one (1) or more persons acting either alone or in concert with others, when such acts are a threat to the peace of the general public or any segment of the general public;     “Curfew” means a prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the municipality, except persons officially designated to duty with reference to the civil emergency, or those lawfully on the streets as defined in this chapter; and   “Substitute officer” means an official who shall act in the absence or inability to act of the chief administrative officer as provided in this chapter. Each municipality shall by ordinance designate a “substitute officer” for the purpose of this chapter.