Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-7-711 (2026)
Misrepresentation to prevent benefit payments or to evade premium liability - Penalty
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Any employing unit, or any officer or agent of an employing unit, or any other person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to any individual entitled to benefits, or to avoid becoming or remaining subject to this chapter, or to avoid or reduce any premium or other payment required from an employing unit under this chapter, or who willfully fails or refuses to make the premiums or other payments, or to furnish any reports required under this chapter, or to produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required under this chapter, commits a Class E felony.
- (b) Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact, and each day of the failure or refusal constitutes a separate offense.
Acts 1947, ch. 29, § 16; C. Supp. 1950, § 6901.16 (Williams, § 6901.40); Acts 1978, ch. 762, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1352; Acts 1985, ch. 318, § 81; 1989, ch. 591, § 48.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1989–2016 · leading case: Harney v. Meadowbrook Nursing Ctr., 784 S.W.2d 921 (Tenn. 1990).
Harney v. Meadowbrook Nursing Ctr., 784 S.W.2d 921 (Tenn. 1990). “The lower court has suggested that T.C.A. § 50-7-711 is somehow involved here on the issue of public policy.”
Watson v. Cleveland Chair Co., 789 S.W.2d 538 (Tenn. 1989). “They asserted that separation notices furnished by the defendants were defamatory and injured them in their reputations and ability to obtain other employment by charging plaintiffs were insubordinate, all in violation of T.C.A. § 50-7-711, the penal statute setting penalties…”
Michael G. McConnell v. Armed Servs. Mut. Benefit Ass'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “§§ 4-21 -101–102; impermissible disclosure of medical information in violation of the TDA; breach of contract; and misrepresentation in violation of the Tennessee Employment Security Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-7-711 . The trial court granted the Employer‘s motion to dismiss all…”
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