39-14-104 - Theft of services. - Tennessee Statutes

39-14-104. Theft of services.

A person commits theft of services who:

     (1)  Intentionally obtains services by deception, fraud, coercion, false pretense or any other means to avoid payment for the services;

     (2)  Having control over the disposition of services to others, knowingly diverts those services to the person's own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto; or

     (3)  Knowingly absconds from establishments where compensation for services is ordinarily paid immediately upon the rendering of them, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels and restaurants, without payment or a bona fide offer to pay.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]