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2018 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services
Part 4 - Trafficking in Children
§ 37-5-405. Penalty for violations.

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 37-5-405 (2018)
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Every person acting for that person or for any agency who violates any of the provisions of this part, or any agency or corporation that, through its agents, violates any of the provisions of this part, or any person or agency that makes any false statements to the department of human services regarding the placement of such child, as herein set out, commits a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

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