Tenn. Code § 39-17-313

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 725
Section 39-17-313 - Aggressive panhandling
(a) A person commits aggressive panhandling who solicits a donation of money or goods in the following manner:
(1) By intentionally touching the person being solicited without the person's consent;
(2) By intentionally obstructing the path of the person, or of the vehicle of the person, being solicited;
(3) By following a person who is walking away from the person soliciting the donation, unless that person has indicated that the person wishes to make a donation; or
(4) By making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear of personal harm for refusing a solicitation of a donation.
(b)
(1) A first violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

T.C.A. § 39-17-313

Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 137,s 1, eff. 7/1/2015.