TN – Tennessee Code Annotated
Title 39 Criminal Offenses
Chapter 13 Offenses Against Person
Part 3 Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
39-13-302. False imprisonment.
(a) A person commits the offense of false imprisonment who knowingly removes or confines another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with the other’s liberty.
(b) False imprisonment is a Class A misdemeanor. [< 1 year, $2,500 fine]