- (1) An individual who knowingly falsifies a sexual offender registration/ monitoring form or verification/ monitoring form shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, which is punishable by confinement in the county jail for not less than one hundred eighty
- (180) days.
- (2) Any subsequent violation shall constitute a Class E felony.
- (3) If the offender is on probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration, then such falsification shall also constitute grounds for revocation of probation, parole, or other alternative to incarceration.
- (4) An offender who knowingly fails to timely disclose required information including signature or photographs or to timely deliver required registration/ monitoring or verification/ monitoring forms to the TBI CIU shall be deemed to have committed a falsification to the same extent as actually providing false information.
- (5) In a prosecution for violation of the registration and/or monitoring requirements, in lieu of live testimony the TBI CIU records custodian may issue a sworn affidavit regarding the registry records of registered sexual offenders.
Authority: T.C.A. § 40-39-108. Administrative History: Original rule filed December 19, 2001; effective April 30, 2002.