(a) If the department notifies a bank of an examination, a department employee who, before the notification of the visitation, gives notice or information to any officer or agent or employee of a bank as to when a bank will be visited for examination commits a criminal offense.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-1710

  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Department: means the department of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
(b) If the department does not notify a bank of an examination, a department employee who, before a visitation, gives notice or information to any officer or agent or employee of a bank as to when a bank will be visited for examination commits a criminal offense.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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