{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-1718","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-2-1718","heading":"Criminal sanctions for violations","body":"(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and chapter 1, any person responsible for an act or omission expressly declared to be a criminal offense by this chapter and chapter 1 of this title commits: (1) A Class C misdemeanor; or (2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony. (b) An officer, director, or employee of a bank is responsible for an act or omission of the institution declared to be a criminal offense against this chapter and chapter 1 of this title whenever, knowing that the act or omission is unlawful, the person participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing the act, or in authorizing or ratifying the omission or, having a duty to take the required action, omits to do so. (c) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter and chapter 1 of this title, it is no defense to a criminal prosecution hereunder that the defendant did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the act or omission charged, if the defendant could and should have known the facts in the proper performance of the defendant's duty. Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.618); T.C.A., § 45-1118; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 38, 113.\n(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and chapter 1, any person responsible for an act or omission expressly declared to be a criminal offense by this chapter and chapter 1 of this title commits: (1) A Class C misdemeanor; or (2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony.\n(1) A Class C misdemeanor; or\n(2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony.\n(b) An officer, director, or employee of a bank is responsible for an act or omission of the institution declared to be a criminal offense against this chapter and chapter 1 of this title whenever, knowing that the act or omission is unlawful, the person participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing the act, or in authorizing or ratifying the omission or, having a duty to take the required action, omits to do so.\n(c) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter and chapter 1 of this title, it is no defense to a criminal prosecution hereunder that the defendant did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the act or omission charged, if the defendant could and should have known the facts in the proper performance of the defendant's duty.","path":["TN Code","Title 45","Chapter 2"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:51:56Z","sha256":"7d66b6ab786e93121964e4ed909a2931ff1080bd07b121f8c5a52a88d8442d10","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-1717","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-1719","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-tn","title":"Tennessee Release 76 supplement","text":"Tennessee electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 76 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.tn.tca"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}