{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-504","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-504","heading":"Aggravated sexual battery","body":"(a) Aggravated sexual battery is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances: (1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon; (2) The defendant causes bodily injury to the victim; (3) The defendant is aided or abetted by one (1) or more other persons; and (A) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act; or (B) The defendant knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or (4) The victim is less than thirteen (13) years of age. (b) Aggravated sexual battery is a Class B felony. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1993, ch. 289, § 1.\n(a) Aggravated sexual battery is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances: (1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon; (2) The defendant causes bodily injury to the victim; (3) The defendant is aided or abetted by one (1) or more other persons; and (A) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act; or (B) The defendant knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or (4) The victim is less than thirteen (13) years of age.\n(1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon;\n(2) The defendant causes bodily injury to the victim;\n(3) The defendant is aided or abetted by one (1) or more other persons; and (A) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act; or (B) The defendant knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or\n(A) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act; or\n(B) The defendant knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or\n(4) The victim is less than thirteen (13) years of age.\n(b) Aggravated sexual battery is a Class B felony.","path":["TN Code","Title 39","Chapter 13"],"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":"f4ae7211a13ca1653ec07128e970cb1927b07372062dbb678b77fe4af57adaa6","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-503","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}