7-86-316 - 911 calls in nonemergency situations prohibited Penalty. - Tennessee Statutes

7-86-316. 911 calls in nonemergency situations prohibited Penalty.

(a)  A 911 call for a communication that is for some purpose other than to report an emergency or an event that the person placing the call reasonably believes to be an emergency is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b)  (1)  An aggravated 911 nonemergency call is a nonemergency 911 call as described in subsection (a) of this section where:

          (A)  A single caller makes the nonemergency 911 calls in an offensively repetitious manner;

          (B)  The nonemergency 911 call creates a delay in the response to an emergency; or

          (C)  The nonemergency 911 call results in harm to person or property.

     (2)  An aggravated nonemergency 911 call is a Class A misdemeanor.

[Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 20; 2007, ch. 480, § 1.]