{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-50-7-709","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-7-709","heading":"Misrepresentation to obtain benefits - Penalty","body":"(a) It is an offense for any person or entity to knowingly make a false statement or representation or fail to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of any other person. (b) Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact constitutes a separate offense. (c) All prosecutions for offenses defined by this section shall be commenced within two (2) years after the commission of the offense. (d) (1) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation of this section occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation. (3) A first or subsequent violation of this section where the person has a prior conviction for a similar offense in another jurisdiction is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation. (4) Subdivision (d)(2) or (d)(3) shall only apply if at least one (1) of the required offenses occurs on or after January 1, 2010. Acts 1947, ch. 29, § 16; C. Supp. 1950, § 6901.16 (Williams, § 6901.40); Acts 1963, ch. 176, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1350; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2009, ch. 479, § 4.\n(a) It is an offense for any person or entity to knowingly make a false statement or representation or fail to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of any other person.\n(b) Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact constitutes a separate offense.\n(c) All prosecutions for offenses defined by this section shall be commenced within two (2) years after the commission of the offense.\n(d) (1) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation of this section occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation. (3) A first or subsequent violation of this section where the person has a prior conviction for a similar offense in another jurisdiction is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation. (4) Subdivision (d)(2) or (d)(3) shall only apply if at least one (1) of the required offenses occurs on or after January 1, 2010.\n(1) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\n(2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation of this section occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.\n(3) A first or subsequent violation of this section where the person has a prior conviction for a similar offense in another jurisdiction is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.\n(4) Subdivision (d)(2) or (d)(3) shall only apply if at least one (1) of the required offenses occurs on or after January 1, 2010.","path":["TN Code","Title 50","Chapter 7"],"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":"cd062c44e7904a6a20d37b4eb9fa9105ae4cbd5a5283c0a39632182e1df424b0","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-50-7-708","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-50-7-710","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."}