Tennessee § 11-6-106 - Defacement of sites or artifacts — Penalty.
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§ 11-6-106. Defacement of sites or artifacts — Penalty.
In order that sites and artifacts on state-owned or controlled land shall be protected for the benefit of the public, it is a misdemeanor for any person, natural or corporate, to write upon, carve upon, paint, deface, mutilate, destroy, or otherwise injure any object of antiquity, artifact, Indian painting, Indian carving, or sites and all such acts of vandalism shall be punished as Class A misdemeanors according to this chapter. Acts 1970, ch. 468, § 6; T.C.A., § 11-1506; Acts 1989, ch. 591. Cross-References. Penalty for a Class A misdemeanor, § 11-6-112 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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