TCA 40-39-203
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(a) Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(A) Community college. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Jurisdiction: (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.Offender: means sexual offender, violent sexual offender and violent juvenile sexual offender, unless otherwise designated. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.Register: means the initial registration of an offender, or the re-registration of an offender after deletion or termination from the SOR. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Registering agency: means a sheriff's office, municipal police department, metropolitan police department, campus law enforcement agency, the Tennessee department of correction, a private contractor with the Tennessee department of correction or the board. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Report: means appearance before the proper designated law enforcement agency for any of the purposes set out in this part. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Resident: means any person who abides, lodges, resides or establishes any other living accommodations in this state, including establishing a physical presence in this state. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Secondary residence: means a place where the person abides, lodges, resides or establishes any other living accommodations in this state for a period of fourteen (14) or more days in the aggregate during any calendar year and that is not the person's primary residence. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202sex: 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 1-3-105Sexual offender: means a person who has been convicted in this state of committing a sexual offense or has another qualifying conviction. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Sexual offense: means : (A) The commission of any act that, on or after November 1, 1989, constitutes the criminal offense of: (i) Sexual battery, under §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Social media: means websites and other online means of communication that are usually used by large groups of people to share information, to develop social and professional contacts, and that customarily require an identifying password and user identification to participate. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202SOR: means the TBI's centralized record system of offender registration, verification and tracking information. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Student: means a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202TBI: means the Tennessee bureau of investigation. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202TBI registration form: means the Tennessee sexual offender registration, verification and tracking form. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Violent juvenile sexual offender: means a person who is adjudicated delinquent in this state for any act that constitutes a violent juvenile sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent sexual offender: means a person who has been convicted in this state of committing a violent sexual offense or has another qualifying conviction. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent sexual offense: means the commission of any act that constitutes the criminal offense of: (A) Aggravated rape, under [former] §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202(1) Within forty-eight (48) hours of establishing or changing a primary or secondary residence, establishing a physical presence at a particular location, becoming employed or practicing a vocation or becoming a student in this state, the offender shall register or report in person, as required by this part. Likewise, within forty-eight (48) hours of release on probation or any alternative to incarceration, excluding parole, the offender shall register or report in person, as required by this part. (2) Regardless of an offender’s date of conviction, adjudication or discharge from supervision, an offender whose con
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