§ 40-29-202. Voter registration card and rights restoration; restitution; child support obligations | Statutes | Westlaw

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§ 40-29-202. Voter registration card and rights restoration; restitution; child support obligations

TN ST § 40-29-202West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedTitle 40. Criminal ProcedureEffective: August 5, 2013 (Approx. 2 pages)

§ 40-29-202. Voter registration card and rights restoration; restitution; child support obligations

TN ST § 40-29-202West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedTitle 40. Criminal ProcedureEffective: August 5, 2013 (Approx. 2 pages)

West's Tennessee Code Annotated
Title 40. Criminal Procedure
Chapter 29. Restoration of Citizenship
Part 2. Voting Rights
Effective: August 5, 2013
T. C. A. § 40-29-202
§ 40-29-202. Voter registration card and rights restoration; restitution; child support obligations
Currentness
(a) A person rendered infamous and deprived of the right of suffrage by the judgment of any state or federal court is eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored upon:
(1) Receiving a pardon, except where the pardon contains special conditions pertaining to the right of suffrage;
(2) The discharge from custody by reason of service or expiration of the maximum sentence imposed by the court for the infamous crime; or
(3) Being granted a certificate of final discharge from supervision by the board of parole pursuant to § 40-28-105, or any equivalent discharge by another state, the federal government, or county correction authority.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person:
(1) Has paid all restitution to the victim or victims of the offense ordered by the court as part of the sentence; and
(2) Beginning September 1, 2010, notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person has paid all court costs assessed against the person at the conclusion of the person's trial, except where the court has made a finding at an evidentiary hearing that the applicant is indigent at the time of application.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person is current in all child support obligations.

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T. C. A. § 40-29-202, TN ST § 40-29-202
Current with effective legislation through Chapter 757 of the 2024 Regular Session of the 113th Tennessee General Assembly. Some sections may be more current; see credits for details. Pursuant to §§ 1-1-110, 1-1-111, and 1-2-114, the Tennessee Code Commission certifies the final, official version of the Tennessee Code and, until then, may make editorial changes to the statutes. References to the updates made by the most recent legislative session should be to the Public Chapter and not to the T.C.A. until final revisions have been made to the text, numbering, and hierarchical headings on Westlaw to conform to the official text. Unless legislatively provided, section name lines are prepared by the publisher.
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