Tennessee Code 39-16-703 – Aggravated perjury

(a) A person commits an offense who, with intent to deceive:

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
class D felony	2 to 12 years	up to $5,000

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Material: means the statement, irrespective of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, could have affected the course or outcome of the official proceeding. See Tennessee Code 39-16-701
Official proceeding: means any type of administrative, executive, judicial, or legislative proceeding that is conducted before a public servant authorized by law to take statements under oath in that proceeding. See Tennessee Code 39-16-701
Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
Statement: means any representation of fact. See Tennessee Code 39-16-701

(1) Commits perjury as defined in § 39-16-702;

(2) The false statement is made during or in connection with an official proceeding; and

(3) The false statement is material.

(b) It is no defense that the person mistakenly believed the statement to be immaterial.

(c) Aggravated perjury is a Class D felony.

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