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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-39-101 (2026)

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This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Animal Abuser Registration Act."

Acts 2015, ch. 413, § 1.

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Cited in 16 cases, 1997–2020 · leading case: Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008).
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Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008). “1995) Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 to XX-XX-XXX (2003); Tex.”
Doe v. Bredesen, 507 F.3d 998 (6th Cir. 2007). “, became effective on August 1, 2004, and repealed the prior Sexual Offender Act, which had been codified at Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 through 40-39-111.”
Graves v. State, 772 A.2d 1225 (Md. 2001). “1-19 (1999); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 to -39-110 (2000); Tex.”
Cain v. State, 872 A.2d 681 (Md. 2005). “Codified Laws §§ 22-22-30 to 22-22-40 (2000); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 to -39-110 (2000); Tex.”
State v. Samuel, 243 S.W.3d 592 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “39-13-701, and the SORM Act under T.C.A. 40-39-101. The Court finds that the defendant was released on bond in Docket Number 7690, where he was charged with a felony offense with an offense date of May 27, 2004.”
State v. Burr, 598 N.W.2d 147 (N.D. 1999). “Codified Laws §§ 22-22-31 to 22-22-41; Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 to 40-39-110; Tex.”
State v. Scott, 961 P.2d 667 (Kan. 1998). “1-32-15 (1997); Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-39-101 etseq. (1997).”
Cutshall v. Sundquist, 980 F. Supp. 928 (M.D. Tenn. 1997). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-39-101 et seq. (1996).”
State v. Flatt, 227 S.W.3d 615 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “§§ 40-39-101 to -111, 1 a Class A misdemeanor, and sentenced to eleven months and twenty-nine days.”
Graves v. State, 754 A.2d 493 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2000). “Codified Laws §§ 22-22-30 to -22-41 (Michie 1998); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-39-101 to -39-110 (1997); Tex.”
Joe King v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “In 1994, the Tennessee Legislature enacted Public Chapter 976, sections 1-9, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-39-101, which was known as “The Sexual Offender Monitoring and Registration Act” (“The 1994 Act”).”
State of Tennessee v. Antoine Tony Blugh (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “§ 40-39-101(3) (1996). That subsection was later amended to define “sexual offense” to include the following: “Statutory rape, under § 39-13-506, if the defendant has one (1) or more prior convictions for mitigated statutory rape under § 39- 13-506(a), statutory rape under §…”
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State of Tennessee v. Antoine Tony Blugh (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “§ 40-39-101(3) (1996). That subsection was later amended to define “sexual offense” to include the following: “Statutory rape, under § 39-13-506, if the defendant has one (1) or more prior convictions for mitigated statutory rape under § 39- 13-506(a), statutory rape under §…”
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