(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person responsible for an act or omission expressly declared to be a criminal offense by any provision of this chapter commits:

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
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-1313

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, company, or corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, the United States or foreign country. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
(1) A Class C misdemeanor; or
(2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony.
(b) Any director, officer, agent, or employee of an association is deemed responsible for an act or omission of the association declared by this chapter to be a criminal offense whenever, knowing that the act or omission is unlawful, the director, officer, agent or employee participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing the act or omission.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, it is no defense to a criminal prosecution under this chapter that the defendant did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the act or omission charged if the defendant reasonably could and should have known the facts in the proper performance of the defendant’s duties.
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