Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-139
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Penalty for providing false information related to information requests
Official statutory text
Any person who or entity that knowingly provides false information to the department, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, or the court in connection with any of the provisions of §§ 36-1-125 - 36-1-138 or § 36-1-141 , or the rules and regulations of the department that establish procedures for search requests or access to records, commits a Class E felony. Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1.
Any person who or entity that knowingly provides false information to the department, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, or the court in connection with any of the provisions of §§ 36-1-125 - 36-1-138 or § 36-1-141 , or the rules and regulations of the department that establish procedures for search requests or access to records, commits a Class E felony.
Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1.
Any person who or entity that knowingly provides false information to the department, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, or the court in connection with any of the provisions of §§ 36-1-125 - 36-1-138 or § 36-1-141 , or the rules and regulations of the department that establish procedures for search requests or access to records, commits a Class E felony.
Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1.
Status: in_force
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