Aggressive Panhandling

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Criminal Offenses
4. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety and Welfare
5. Disorderly Conduct and Riots
6. Aggressive Panhandling

1. A person commits aggressive panhandling who solicits a donation of money or goods in the following manner:
   1. By intentionally touching the person being solicited without the person's consent;
   2. By intentionally obstructing the path of the person, or of the vehicle of the person, being solicited;
   3. By following a person who is walking away from the person soliciting the donation, unless that person has indicated that the person wishes to make a donation; or
   4. By making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear of personal harm for refusing a solicitation of a donation.
2. 1. A first violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
   2. A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

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