Tennessee § 41-51-104 - Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders.
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§ 41-51-104. Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders.
No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status. Subsection (a) is applicable regardless of whether the person is: Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department. Acts 2005, ch. 180, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-51-104 ("Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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