(a) Any person who cancels or solicits the cancellation of any traffic citation, in any manner other than as provided in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

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
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-10-204

  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(b) Every record of traffic citations required in chapter 8 and parts 1-5 of this chapter shall be audited by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the traffic-enforcement agency is responsible, within the time prescribed for the audit of other officers of the agency.