(a) The mission of the CID shall be to investigate, gather evidence and assist federal, state and local law enforcement in the prosecution of criminal offenses enumerated in § 4-7-404(3).

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-7-402

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The CID shall have original jurisdiction to enforce title 55, chapter 5, relative to automobile anti-theft, odometer and fraud prevention, as well as all criminal matters initiated by the highway patrol or other divisions of the department of safety, including, but not limited to, the investigation of vehicular homicides, vehicular assaults and traffic crashes involving death or serious bodily injury.
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