{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-5-401","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-5-401","heading":"Consent required for importation of child","body":"No person, agency, association, institution or corporation shall bring or send into this state any child for the purpose of giving the child's custody to some person, institution, corporation or agency in the state, or procuring its adoption by some person in the state without first obtaining the written consent of the department of human services.\nWilliams, § 4727.1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-505, 14-9-201; T.C.A., § 71-3-401; Acts 1996, ch. 1079, § 157.","path":["TN Code","Title 37","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"f4198745571003fcc7f4e2e40487be942f1cbb7796db303ad00069f88b85ba21","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-5-319","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-5-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}