47-25-1604 - Offenses. - Tennessee Statutes

47-25-1604. Offenses.

It is an offense for any new and unused property merchant required to maintain receipts under the provisions of this section to knowingly:

     (1)  Falsify, obliterate or destroy such receipts;

     (2)  Refuse or fail, upon the request of a law enforcement officer, to make such receipts available for inspection within a period of time which is reasonable under the individual circumstances surrounding such request; provided, that nothing contained within the provisions of this subsection shall be construed to require the new and unused property merchant to possess such receipt on or about the merchant's person without reasonable notice;

     (3)  Fail to maintain the receipts required by this section for at least two (2) years; or

     (4)  Present credentials pursuant to the requirements of this section which are false, fraudulent, forged, fraudulently obtained or the nature of which is misrepresented.

[Acts 1998, ch. 884, § 2.]