Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204 (2026)
Unlawful activities
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) It is an offense for a person employed by, or associated with, an enterprise to knowingly conduct or participate in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
- (b) It is an offense for a person, through a pattern of racketeering activity, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, an interest in or control of an enterprise of real or personal property.
- (c) It is an offense for a person who has received proceeds derived from a pattern of racketeering activity to use or invest any part of those proceeds in the acquisition of any interest in real or personal property or in the establishment or operation of an enterprise.
- (d) It is an offense for a person to attempt or conspire to violate subsection (a), (b), or (c).
- (e) A person may be convicted for a violation of this section, a conspiracy to violate this section, and any predicate acts of racketeering activity.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 487, s 7, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 2000–2014 · leading case: Trau-Med of Am., Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 71 S.W.3d 691 (Tenn. 2002).
Trau-Med of Am., Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 71 S.W.3d 691 (Tenn. 2002). “§ 1962 (c), (d) (2000); and (VII) violation of Tennessee Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c), (d) (1997).”
State v. Watkins, 362 S.W.3d 530 (Tenn. 2012). “”); Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204 (e) (2010) (“A person may be convicted either of one (1) criminal violation of this section, including a conviction for conspiring to violate this section, or for one (1) or more of the predicate acts, but not both.”
Keesling v. Beegle, 880 N.E.2d 1202 (Ind. 2008). “720(3) (2005); Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c) (2007); Wis.”
United States v. Johnson, 558 F. Supp. 2d 807 (E.D. Tenn. 2008). “rary, the initial paragraph of the search warrant indicates that Judge Russell did find probable cause to search both 503 and 619 Halls Ferry Road: Proof by Affidavit having been made to me by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Danny Wright that there is probable…”
Trau-Med of Am., Inc. d/b/a Bellevue Clinic v. AllState Ins. Co. (Tenn. 2001). “§ 1962 (c), (d) (2000); and (VII) violation of Tennessee Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204 (c), (d) (1997).”
Trau-Med v. Allstate (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “vantage; Count III, abuse of civil process; Count IV, willful , intentional, deliberate, purposeful action causing Trau-Med to lose business; Count V, engaging in a conspiracy for the purpose of destroying Plaintiff’s reputation and business; Count VI, violation of § 18 USC…”
State of Tennessee v. Terrence Justin Feaster (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). “§ 39-12-204(e); see also id. § 40-18-110(g)(1), (2) (stating that second degree murder is a lesser included offense of first degree murder and that voluntary manslaughter is a lesser included offense of first and second degree murder); § 40-18- 110(g)(3) (noting that aggravated…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c) — 2 cases
Trau-Med of Am., Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 71 S.W.3d 691 (Tenn. 2002). “§ 1962 (c), (d) (2000); and (VII) violation of Tennessee Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c), (d) (1997).”
Keesling v. Beegle, 880 N.E.2d 1202 (Ind. 2008). “720(3) (2005); Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c) (2007); Wis.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204(c)(d) — 1 case
Trau-Med v. Allstate (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “vantage; Count III, abuse of civil process; Count IV, willful , intentional, deliberate, purposeful action causing Trau-Med to lose business; Count V, engaging in a conspiracy for the purpose of destroying Plaintiff’s reputation and business; Count VI, violation of § 18 USC…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-204(e) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Terrence Justin Feaster (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). “§ 39-12-204(e); see also id. § 40-18-110(g)(1), (2) (stating that second degree murder is a lesser included offense of first degree murder and that voluntary manslaughter is a lesser included offense of first and second degree murder); § 40-18- 110(g)(3) (noting that aggravated…”
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