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TCA 39-11-615

Protection of third person’s property

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What does this charge mean?

This is a legal defense (not a crime itself) that allows you to use force to protect another person's property from trespass or unlawful interference, if you could legally protect your own property the same way under the property protection statute.

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A person is justified in threatening or using force against another to protect real or personal property of a third person, if, under the circumstances as the person reasonably believes them to be, the person would be justified under § 39-11-614 in threatening or using force to protect the person’s own real or personal property.
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TCA Section39-11-615