Tennessee § 7-51-1402 - Hours of operation for adult-oriented establishment.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-51-1402 — Hours of operation for adult-oriented establishment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-51-1402. Hours of operation for adult-oriented establishment.
No adult-oriented establishment shall open to do business before eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.), Monday through Saturday; and no such establishment shall remain open after twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, Monday through Saturday. No adult-oriented establishment shall be open for business on any Sunday or a legal holiday as designated in § 15-1-101. A local ordinance, resolution or private act may establish opening hours for adult-oriented establishments that are later than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and closing hours that are earlier than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, but in no event may such ordinances, resolutions or private acts extend the opening hours to earlier than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) or the closing hours to later than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight. Acts 1995, ch. 421, § 3. Attorney General Opinions. When an adult-oriented establishment is offering lap, couch, table, and other non-stage adult entertainment in close proximity to patrons, it is not within the scope of the exemption in T.C.A. § 7-51-1405 and must comply with the hours of operation restrictions in T.C.A.§ 7-51-1402 , OAG 08-170 (11/5/08), 2008 Tenn. AG LEXIS 192. Current precedent in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upholds the constitutionality of Tennessee's hours-of-operation restrictions for adult-oriented establishments. OAG 14-92, 2014 Tenn. AG LEXIS 95 (10/24/14).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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