(a) The department shall develop a form to be used by the department to obtain information from inmates regarding assets of the inmates.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-21-903

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assets: means property, tangible or intangible, real or personal, belonging to or due an inmate or former inmate, including income or payments to the inmate from social security, workers' compensation, veteran's compensation, pension benefits, previously earned salary or wages, bonuses, annuities, retirement benefits, insurance benefits or from any other source whatsoever, but does not include any of the following:
    (A) The homestead of the inmate. See Tennessee Code 41-21-902
  • Department: means the department of correction. See Tennessee Code 41-21-902
  • Inmate: means any person who is confined in a correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the department. See Tennessee Code 41-21-902
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Upon being developed, the form shall be submitted to each person who is an inmate as of June 28, 2010, and to any person who thereafter is sentenced to imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department. The form shall be periodically resubmitted to an inmate by the department for purposes of obtaining current information regarding assets of the inmate. The department shall establish through rule the frequency with which such form shall be resubmitted.
(c) Every inmate who is given a form by the department shall complete the form or provide for completion of the form, and the inmate shall swear or affirm under oath that to the best of the inmate’s knowledge the information provided is complete and accurate.