Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-111 (2026)
Prohibited act when no penalty prescribed is misdemeanor
✓ current as of May 2026
When the performance or nonperformance of any act is made criminal by statute, and no penalty, punishment or forfeiture for the violation of that statute is imposed, the doing of the act is a misdemeanor.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2021 · leading case: United States v. John Montgomery, 893 F.3d 935 (6th Cir. 2018).
United States v. John Montgomery, 893 F.3d 935 (6th Cir. 2018). “§ 39-17-418 (c)(1), which does not carry any required prison sentence, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-111 ("When the performance or nonperformance of any act is made criminal by statute, and no penalty, punishment or forfeiture for the violation of that statute is imposed, the…”
State of Tennessee v. Anthony Lee Carter (2021). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-111 . Our task in this case is to interpret whether the legislature imposed a “lesser penalty” when it revised the MVHO Act on May 24, 2019.”
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