Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-21-110 (2026)
Damage to equipment - Impairment of service - Unauthorized connections
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) It is unlawful for any person to damage or obstruct any telegraph or telephone poles, wires, fixtures, or other apparatus or appliances, or to impede or impair the service of any telegraph or telephone line; or to connect by wire, or other means, with any such line, so as to hear, or be in a position to hear, messages going over such line or lines, or for the purpose of getting any service over the line or lines, without first procuring the consent of the owner or owners of the line, or the duly authorized agent of same.
- (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1921, ch. 59, §§ 1, 2; Shan. Supp., §§ 1840a4, 1840a5; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3103, 3104; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 65-2117, 65-2118; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1996–1996 · leading case: State v. Morgan, 929 S.W.2d 380 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996).
State v. Morgan, 929 S.W.2d 380 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996). “§ 65-21-110 (1993) to prohibit the recording of any conversation without the consent of a party to the conversation and, therefore, the introduction into evidence of any such recording. Clearly, these statutory provisions are inapplicable to the case before us.”
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