39-14-412 - Mailbox tampering Damage or defacement of government property. - Tennessee Statutes

39-14-412. Mailbox tampering Damage or defacement of government property.

(a)  It is an offense for any person to knowingly damage, destroy, remove or otherwise tamper with a residential mailbox or other container such person knows or reasonably should know is used for the receipt or deposit of United States mail. Any person convicted of violating this subsection (a) shall be sentenced to not less than twenty-five (25) hours of public service work.

(b)  It is an offense for any person to knowingly damage or deface real or personal property of the state, or a subdivision thereof, by the painting or other permanent application of graffiti directly onto the property.

(c)  A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor. All violations shall be punished by at least twenty-five (25) hours of community service work to be determined by the court.

[Acts 1990, ch. 1010, § 1; 1992, ch. 769, § 1.]