# Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-201: Short title - Part definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-201
- **Heading:** Short title - Part definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 37 / Chapter 10 / Section 37-10-201

## Text

(a) This part shall be referred to as the "Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act." (b) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Child" means any person under twenty-one (21) years of age; (2) "Missing child" means a child who is believed to have been removed by force, persuasion, trick, enticement, false pretense, has voluntarily left the custody of such child's parent without permission or is absent for unexplained or unknown reasons; and (3) "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or person or organization standing in a loco parentis position by virtue of an order of a court. Acts 1985, ch. 158, § 1; 2005, ch. 5, § 1.
(a) This part shall be referred to as the "Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act."
(b) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Child" means any person under twenty-one (21) years of age; (2) "Missing child" means a child who is believed to have been removed by force, persuasion, trick, enticement, false pretense, has voluntarily left the custody of such child's parent without permission or is absent for unexplained or unknown reasons; and (3) "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or person or organization standing in a loco parentis position by virtue of an order of a court.
(1) "Child" means any person under twenty-one (21) years of age;
(2) "Missing child" means a child who is believed to have been removed by force, persuasion, trick, enticement, false pretense, has voluntarily left the custody of such child's parent without permission or is absent for unexplained or unknown reasons; and
(3) "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or person or organization standing in a loco parentis position by virtue of an order of a court.
Acts 1985, ch. 158, § 1; 2005, ch. 5, § 1.

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