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Title 37 - JUVENILESChapter 1 - JUVENILE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Part 4 - MANDATORY CHILD ABUSE REPORTS
Section 37-1-413 - False reporting of child sexual abuse or false accusation that a child has sustained any wound, injury, disability or physical or mental condition caused by brutality, abuse or neglect - Penalty

Tenn. Code § 37-1-413

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Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 37-1-413 - False reporting of child sexual abuse or false accusation that a child has sustained any wound, injury, disability or physical or mental condition caused by brutality, abuse or neglect - Penalty

Any person who either verbally or by written or printed communication knowingly and maliciously reports, or causes, encourages, aids, counsels or procures another to report, a false accusation of child sexual abuse or false accusation that a child has sustained any wound, injury, disability or physical or mental condition caused by brutality, abuse or neglect commits a Class E felony.

T.C.A. § 37-1-413

Acts 1985, ch. 478, § 43; 1989, ch. 591, § 33; 2008, ch. 1171, § 1.