Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-139: Limitations on where person may stand along roadway

(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride or employment from the occupant of any vehicle. (b) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway. (c) No person shall loiter or conduct any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway. (d) Subsection (c) does not apply to: (1) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons under contract with, or acting on behalf of, the department of transportation; and (2) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons who are under contract with, or acting on behalf of, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state or a utility, and who are permitted by the department of transportation to stand or conduct any activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway. (e) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor; except, that a person who violates subsection (c) shall receive a warning citation for a first offense. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 184,s 1, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 38; T.C.A., § 59-839; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride or employment from the occupant of any vehicle.

(b) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.

(c) No person shall loiter or conduct any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to: (1) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons under contract with, or acting on behalf of, the department of transportation; and (2) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons who are under contract with, or acting on behalf of, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state or a utility, and who are permitted by the department of transportation to stand or conduct any activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway.

(1) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons under contract with, or acting on behalf of, the department of transportation; and

(2) Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons who are under contract with, or acting on behalf of, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state or a utility, and who are permitted by the department of transportation to stand or conduct any activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway.

(e) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor; except, that a person who violates subsection (c) shall receive a warning citation for a first offense.