{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-3-604","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-604","heading":"Escape or violence - Aiding or abetting - Gifts","body":"(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids, or assists a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability to leave a facility without valid legal authority after the person supported was committed under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability who has left a facility without valid legal authority; (3) Incites a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability, while the person supported is committed to a facility, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability committed to a facility designated by the commissioner, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with an intellectual or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, illegal drugs, or any other harmful articles. (b) An employee or official of a facility who receives from a person with an intellectual or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor. (c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and must be punished as a principal. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.\n(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids, or assists a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability to leave a facility without valid legal authority after the person supported was committed under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability who has left a facility without valid legal authority; (3) Incites a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability, while the person supported is committed to a facility, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability committed to a facility designated by the commissioner, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with an intellectual or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, illegal drugs, or any other harmful articles.\n(1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids, or assists a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability to leave a facility without valid legal authority after the person supported was committed under court order;\n(2) Harbors or conceals a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability who has left a facility without valid legal authority;\n(3) Incites a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability, while the person supported is committed to a facility, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or\n(4) Gives or sells to a person supported with an intellectual or developmental disability committed to a facility designated by the commissioner, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with an intellectual or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, illegal drugs, or any other harmful articles.\n(b) An employee or official of a facility who receives from a person with an intellectual or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor.\n(c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and must be punished as a principal.","path":["TN Code","Title 52","Chapter 3"],"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":"96cf3abdbc455f31f45bc3f1ce75e33af123945e140f50a56b76fc73f95733d0","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-3-603","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-4-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}