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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (§§ 33-1-101 — 33-11-106)
Chapter 6 - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE (§§ 33-6-101 — 33-6-1015)
Part 8 - SEX OFFENDERS (§§ 33-6-801 — 33-6-805)
Section 33-6-801 - Part definitions
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TN Code § 33-6-801 (2023)
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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Sex crime" means any offense involving the unlawful sexual abuse, molestation, fondling, or carnal knowledge of a child of fourteen (14) years of age or under or incest, a crime against nature, assault with intent to commit rape or rape; and
- (2) "Sex offender" means any person who has been convicted of a crime involving the unlawful sexual abuse, molestation, fondling, or carnal knowledge of a child of fourteen (14) years of age or under or any person convicted of incest, a crime against nature, assault with intent to commit rape or rape.
Acts 1957, ch. 288, § 1; 1963, ch. 315, §§ 1, 2; 1975, ch. 248, § 1; 1977, ch. 449, §§ 1, 2; 1981, ch. 224, § 25; T.C.A., §§ 33-1301, 33-6-301; Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.
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