2021 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety and Welfare
Part 3 - Disorderly Conduct and Riots
§ 39-17-315. Stalking, Aggravated Stalking, and Especially Aggravated Stalking
A person commits aggravated stalking who commits the offense of stalking as prohibited by subsection (b), and:
In the course and furtherance of stalking, displays a deadly weapon;
The victim of the offense was less than eighteen (18) years of age at any time during the person's course of conduct, and the person is five (5) or more years older than the victim;
Has previously been convicted of stalking within seven (7) years of the instant offense;
Makes a credible threat to the victim, the victim's child, sibling, spouse, parent or dependents with the intent to place any such person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
At the time of the offense, was prohibited from making contact with the victim under a restraining order or injunction for protection, an order of protection, or any other court-imposed prohibition of conduct toward the victim or the victim's property, and the person knowingly violates the injunction, order or court-imposed prohibition.
Aggravated stalking is a Class E felo