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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-102-146: Controlled burns — Burning woods — Notice — Extinguishment — Penalty.

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Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 102 Fire Prevention and Investigation
Part 1 General Provisions

(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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