Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-204 (2026)

Persons never eligible to register and vote

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Notwithstanding this part, the following persons shall never be eligible to register and vote in this state:

(1) Those convicted after July 1, 1986, of the offenses of voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated rape;

(2) Those convicted after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 2006, of any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or any other degree of murder or rape; and

(3) Those convicted on or after July 1, 2006, of:
- (A) Any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or (2);
- (B) Any other violation of title 39, chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 5 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court; or
- (C) Any sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 or violent sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 that is designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court and where the victim of the offense was a minor.

Acts 2006, ch. 860, § 1; 2011, ch. 184, §§ 1, 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2023 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Roscoe Dixon (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018).

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State of Tennessee v. Roscoe Dixon (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 62× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-204 (effective July 1, 2006); see also Tenn.”

Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “6 Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-29-204 provides a list of certain persons with criminal convictions that will “never be eligible to register and vote in this state” including, inter alia, those convicted for voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated…”

Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (2023). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-204 (prohibiting persons convicted of voter fraud, treason, first degree murder, aggravated rape, and specified other crimes from ever obtaining eligibility to vote).”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-204(3) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Roscoe Dixon (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-204 (effective July 1, 2006); see also Tenn.”

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