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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Safety
Chapter 102 - Fire Prevention and Investigation
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 68-102-146. Controlled burns -- Burning woods -- Notice -- Extinguishment -- Penalty.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 68-102-146 (2019)
(a) No person shall set fire to any woods that are not the person's own property, nor to the person's own property, without giving at least two (2) days' notice to persons owning the adjacent lands, and also taking effectual care to extinguish the fire before it extends beyond such person's own lands.
(b) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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