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TCA 39-13-524

Sentence of community supervision for life

VIOLATIONViolation

What does this charge mean?

Anyone convicted of rape, rape of a child, or certain other sexual offenses on or after specific dates must serve a sentence of community supervision (supervised probation) for life in addition to any prison sentence. This means after release from prison, the person remains under supervision by probation/parole officers for the rest of their life with conditions they must follow.

Penalty Details

ClassificationViolation
Penalty SummaryViolation
[Effective Until 7/1/2024] (a) In addition to the punishment authorized by the specific statute prohibiting the conduct, a person shall receive a sentence of community supervision for life who, on or after: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Statute: A law passed by a legislature.(1) July 1, 1996, commits a violation of § 39-13-502, § 39-13-503, § 39-13-504, or § 39-13-522; (2) July 1, 2010, commits a violation of § 39-13-531; (3) The applicable date as provided in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) attempts to commit a violation of any of the sections enumerated in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2); (4) July 1, 2021, facilitates the commission of a violation of § 39-13-522 or § 39-13-531; or (5) July 1, 2022, commits a violation of § 39-13-316(a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5). (b) The judgment of conviction for all persons to whom subsection (a) applies shall include that the person is sentenced to community supervision for life. (c) The sentence of community supervision for life shall commence immediately upon the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed upon the person by the court or upon the person’s release from regular parole supervision, whichever first occurs. (d) (1) A person on community supervision shall be under the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the department of correction in the same manner as a person under parole supervision. The department is authorized on an individual basis to establish such conditions of community supervision as are necessary to protect the public from the person’s committing a new sex offense, as well as promoting the rehabilitation of the person. (2) The department is authorized to impose and enforce a supervision and rehabilitation fee upon a person on community supervision similar to the fee imposed by § 40-28-201. To the extent possible, the department shall set the fee in an amount that will substantially defray the cost of the community supervision program. The department shall also establish a fee waiver procedure for hardship cases and indigency.
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Quick Facts

VIOLATION
TCA Section39-13-524