(a) It is an offense for a person employed by, or associated with, an enterprise to knowingly conduct or participate in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-12-204

  • Enterprise: means a formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group that has as one (1) of its primary activities the commission of one (1) or more offenses qualifying as racketeering activity, and that consists of three (3) or more persons:
    (A) Who share a common name, identifying signs, colors, or symbols, including, but not limited to, terrorist organizations, hate groups, and criminal gangs as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 39-12-203
  • Pattern of racketeering activity: means engaging in at least two (2) incidents of racketeering activity that have the same or similar intents, purposes, results, accomplices, victims, or methods of commission or are otherwise interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated incidents. See Tennessee Code 39-12-203
  • Person: means any individual or entity holding or capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Tennessee Code 39-12-203
  • Property: means anything of value, including, but not limited to, money, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property, including anything severed from land, library material, contract rights, choses-in-action, interests in or claims to wealth, credit, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric or other power. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Racketeering activity: means to commit, attempt to commit, conspire to commit, or to aid, attempt to aid, solicit, coerce, facilitate, or intimidate another person to commit:
    (A) An offense under chapter 13, part 2 of this title, relating to criminal homicide. See Tennessee Code 39-12-203
(b) It is an offense for a person, through a pattern of racketeering activity, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, an interest in or control of an enterprise of real or personal property.
(c) It is an offense for a person who has received proceeds derived from a pattern of racketeering activity to use or invest any part of those proceeds in the acquisition of any interest in real or personal property or in the establishment or operation of an enterprise.
(d) It is an offense for a person to attempt or conspire to violate subsection (a), (b), or (c).
(e) A person may be convicted for a violation of this section, a conspiracy to violate this section, and any predicate acts of racketeering activity.
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