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2025 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 21 - Human Rights
Part 3 - Violations — Procedures
§ 4-21-310. Interference

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TN Code § 4-21-310 (2025)
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  • (a) It is a violation of this chapter for a person to:

    • (1) Willfully interfere with the performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the attorney general;

    • (2) Willfully obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this chapter or an order issued under this chapter; or

    • (3) Violate the terms of a conciliation agreement made pursuant to this chapter.

  • (b) An individual employee or agent of an employer is not liable for a civil violation an employer of such person is found to have committed under this section.

  • (c) A person or a member or representative of the person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with the performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the attorney general or the attorney general's agent in connection with this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.

History

Acts 1978, ch. 748, § 25; T.C.A., §§ 4-2123, 4-21-123; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2025, ch. 471, § 3.

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