{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-601","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-601","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) \"Complaining witness\" means a person who signs a criminal complaint; (2) \"Custody\" means under arrest by a law enforcement officer or under restraint by a public servant pursuant to an order of a court; (3) \"Escape\" means unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody following temporary leave for a specific purpose or limited period, but does not include a violation of conditions of probation or parole; and (4) \"Penal institution\" includes any institution or facility used to house or detain a person: (A) Convicted of a crime; (B) Adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court; (C) Who is in direct or indirect custody after a lawful arrest; or (D) When such institution or facility is a court-operated long-term residential substance abuse facility. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1996, ch. 1079, § 125; 2010, ch. 1124, § 3.\nAs used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Complaining witness\" means a person who signs a criminal complaint;\n(2) \"Custody\" means under arrest by a law enforcement officer or under restraint by a public servant pursuant to an order of a court;\n(3) \"Escape\" means unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody following temporary leave for a specific purpose or limited period, but does not include a violation of conditions of probation or parole; and\n(4) \"Penal institution\" includes any institution or facility used to house or detain a person: (A) Convicted of a crime; (B) Adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court; (C) Who is in direct or indirect custody after a lawful arrest; or (D) When such institution or facility is a court-operated long-term residential substance abuse facility.\n(A) Convicted of a crime;\n(B) Adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court;\n(C) Who is in direct or indirect custody after a lawful arrest; or\n(D) When such institution or facility is a court-operated long-term residential substance abuse facility.","path":["TN Code","Title 39","Chapter 16"],"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":"594bf5a656fc97aa09dedfd0797e324c0bd06639ef67be63a46bc374a652c344","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-517","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}