{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-15-206","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-15-206","heading":"Offenses — Penalties.","body":"(a) A person who knowingly omits or falsifies information required for inclusion on a tag required by this part commits a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine only. Each such deficient tag shall constitute a separate offense.\n(b) A person who knowingly includes misleading information on a tag required by this part commits a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine only. Each such deficient tag shall constitute a separate offense.\n(c) A person who knowingly sells in this state an article of bedding or item of filling material without the required tag or tags properly affixed to it commits a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine only. Each such omitted tag shall constitute a separate offense.\n(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a first offense for selling a secondhand mattress in violation of § 68-15-203(b) is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of fifty dollars ($50.00); a second offense is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of five hundred dollars ($500); and a third or subsequent offense is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 15 Miscellaneous Sanitary Regulations","Part 2 Bedding Materials"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"02b4bbd6872422c50d32853f00be6deaa456d6afeb9ce1d75f8c2083492a3abb","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-15-205","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-15-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}