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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Amount | Level of offense | Mandatory | Imposed by | Delegation of authority | |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-39-211(g)(3) | Violations - Failure to Register Residence or Employment as Sex Offender, Subsequent Offense |
A third or subsequent violation of this part is punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) and imprisonment for not less than one + See more(1) year.
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$1100 - $0
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-107(a)(1)(A) | Privilege Tax - Circuit Court Conviction |
When any person is convicted by a circuit court or a comparable court of record with jurisdiction over criminal matters of a crime of any nature after July 1, 1984, + See moreexcept those crimes for which the law imposes as a maximum possible punishment a fine of less than five hundred dollars ($500) and no imprisonment, there is levied a privilege tax of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) in addition to any other costs or fees imposed in the action. If the person is convicted of a crime against the person, the privilege tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) in addition to any other costs or fees.
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$26.50
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-107(a)(1)(B) | Privilege Tax - Circuit Court Conviction, Crime Against Person |
In addition to all other taxes imposed and in addition to other costs or fees, if any person is convicted of a crime against the person of a child under + See morethe age of eighteen (18) that constitutes a criminal offense under § 39-12-101, § 39-13-101, §§ 39-13-501 -- 39-13-505, § 39-15-302, or § 39-17-1005, there is levied a privilege tax of five hundred dollars ($500).
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$50
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-107(a)(2) | Privilege Tax - Court of General Sessions Conviction |
If any person is convicted by a court of general sessions or a comparable court with jurisdiction over criminal matters of a crime of any nature after July 1, 1984, + See moreexcept those crimes for which the law imposes as a maximum possible punishment a fine of less than five hundred dollars ($500) and no imprisonment, there is levied a privilege tax of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) in addition to any other costs or fees imposed in the action. If the person is convicted of a crime against the person, the privilege tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) in addition to any other costs or fees.
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$26.50
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-107(a)(2) | Privilege Tax - Court of General Sessions Conviction, Crime Against Person |
If any person is convicted by a court of general sessions or a comparable court with jurisdiction over criminal matters of a crime of any nature after July 1, 1984, + See moreexcept those crimes for which the law imposes as a maximum possible punishment a fine of less than five hundred dollars ($500) and no imprisonment, there is levied a privilege tax of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) in addition to any other costs or fees imposed in the action. If the person is convicted of a crime against the person, the privilege tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) in addition to any other costs or fees.
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$50
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-14-103(b) | Administrative Fee - Court-Appointed Counsel |
A defendant, who is provided with court-appointed counsel, including a defendant in a termination of parental rights case, shall be assessed by the court at the time of appointment a + See morenonrefundable administrative fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00). The administrative fee shall be assessed only one time per case and shall be waived or reduced by the court upon a finding that the defendant lacks financial resources sufficient to pay the fifty-dollar fee. The fee may be increased by the court to an amount not in excess of two hundred dollars ($200) upon a finding that the defendant possesses sufficient financial resources to pay the fee in the increased amount. The administrative fee shall be payable, at the court's discretion, in a lump sum or in installments; provided, however, that the fee shall be paid prior to disposition of the case or within two (2) weeks following appointment of counsel, whichever occurs first. Prior to disposition of the case, the clerk of the court shall inform the judge whether the administrative fee assessed by the court has been collected. Failure to pay the administrative fee assessed by the court shall not reduce or in any way affect the rendering of services by court-appointed counsel; provided, however, that the defendant's willful failure to pay the fee may be considered by the court as an enhancement factor when imposing sentence if the defendant is found guilty of criminal conduct, and may also be considered by the court as evidence of the defendant's financial responsibility, or lack thereof, in a determination of the best interest of the child.
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$50 - $200
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(1)(A) | Worthless Check Fee | If the face amount of the check or sight order is under ten dollars ($10.00), the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00); |
$5
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(1)(B) | Worthless Check Fee | If the face amount of the check or sight order is ten dollars ($10.00) or more but less than one hundred dollars ($100), the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00); |
$10
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(1)(C) | Worthless Check Fee |
If the face amount of the check or sight order is one hundred dollars ($100) or more but less than three hundred dollars ($300), the fee shall be thirty dollars + See more($30.00);
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$30
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(1)(D) | Worthless Check Fee |
If the face amount of the check or sight order is three hundred dollars ($300) or more but less than five hundred dollars ($500), the fee shall be fifty dollars + See more($50.00);
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$50
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(1)(E) | Worthless Check Fee | If the face amount of the check or sight order is five hundred dollars ($500) or more, the fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00). |
$75
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-204(b)(3) | Other Prosecutions |
Other Prosecutions. In all offenses specified in title 39, chapter 14, parts 1 and 6, the fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00), regardless of the amount alleged to have been + See morestolen or taken.
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$75
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-112 | Fines and penalties |
When any person is sentenced to the workhouse, the judge of the court trying the case shall fix the fine in each case against the prisoner at a sum equal + See moreto the state and county tax provided by law; provided, that a greater fine may be entered, in the discretion of the court.
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a sum equal to the state and county tax provided by law
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All | Yes | Court | a greater fine may be entered, in the discretion of the court |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-129(b)(1) | Compensation and salaries; work release | (b)(1) Every prisoner gainfully employed shall be liable for the cost of that prisoner's board in the workhouse, as fixed by the county commissioners. |
cost of prisoner's board
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All | Yes | Court | as fixed by the county commissioners |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-129(b)(6) | Compensation and salaries; work release |
(b)(6) After deductions are made in accordance with subdivisions (c)(1)-(5), two dollars ($2.00), if there is at least a balance of two dollars ($2.00) in the account, shall be deducted + See moreeach month from a prisoner's trust account for any month the prisoner is gainfully employed, to be applied to the county-operated victim's assistance program, if such a program exists in the county
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-129(b)(7) | Compensation and salaries; work release |
(b)(7) After deductions are made in accordance with subdivisions (c)(1)-(6), four dollars ($4.00), if there is at least a balance of four dollars ($4.00) in the account, shall be deducted + See moreeach month from a prisoner's trust account for any month the prisoner is gainfully employed, to be directly applied to satisfy any judgments, against the prisoner, for restitution in favor of the victim.
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-139 | Costs; participating prisoner; payment |
Any prisoner placed under the work release program who has been convicted of a misdemeanor shall pay to the workhouse, for housing, board and administration of the program, the sum + See moreof not less than six dollars ($6.00) nor more than twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) for each day the prisoner works at employment away from the workhouse, in addition to any fine imposed by the court. The amount to be paid shall be determined by the board of commissioners established by § 41-2-134 and in accordance with § 41-2-129(b)(1).
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$6 - $28
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Misdemeanor | Yes | State/statewide agency | The amount to be paid shall be determined by the board of commissioners established by § 41-2-134 and in accordance with § 41-2-129(b)(1). |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-148(d)(1) | Inmate labor; private use; crimes and offenses |
(d)(1) Any sheriff, jailer or other person responsible for the custody of an inmate housed in a local facility who violates this section, upon the person's first conviction for the + See moreviolation, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine equal to the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section, the sheriff, jailer or other person is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. If the person violating this section for the second or subsequent time is a public official, in addition to the punishment set out in this subdivision (d)(1), the person shall immediately forfeit the person's office and shall be forever barred from holding public office in this state.
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$0 - $5000
fine equal to the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section, the sheriff, jailer or other person is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-148(d)(2) | Inmate labor; private use; crimes and offenses |
(d)(2) Any private citizen, corporation, partnership or other business knowingly and willfully using inmate labor in violation of subsection (b) commits a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be + See morepunished by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and by imprisonment for not more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Each day inmate labor is used in violation of subsection (b) constitutes a separate offense.
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$0 - $1000
and by imprisonment for not more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Each day inmate labor is used in violation of subsection (b) constitutes a separate offense.
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Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-3-106(d)(1) | Inmate labor; private use; crimes and offenses |
(d)(1) Any sheriff, jailer or other person responsible for the custody of an inmate housed in a local facility who violates this section, upon a first conviction therefor, commits a + See moremisdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine equal to the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section, the sheriff, jailer or other person commits a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and imprisonment for not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years. If the person violating this section for the second or subsequent time is a public official, in addition to the punishment set out in this subdivision (d)(1), the person shall immediately forfeit the person's office and shall be forever barred from holding public office in this state.
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$0 - $5000
fine equal to the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section, the sheriff, jailer or other person is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than the value of the services received from the inmate or inmates nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years
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