{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-51-104","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-51-104","heading":"Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders","body":"(a) No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status. (b) Subsection (a) is applicable regardless of whether the person is: (1) Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or (2) Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department. Acts 2005, ch. 180, § 1.\n(a) No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status.\n(b) Subsection (a) is applicable regardless of whether the person is: (1) Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or (2) Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department.\n(1) Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or\n(2) Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department.","path":["TN Code","Title 41","Chapter 51"],"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":"0a84055ccdde5aafa95dc1135cd66fb97b301aaf482a5cb3a62388665d9ba1e2","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-51-103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-51-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}