§ 11-301 TRESPASSING.
   (A)   On premises open to the public.
      (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to defy a lawful order, personally communicated to him or her by the owner or other authorized person, not to enter or remain upon the premises of another, including premises which are at the time open to the public.
      (2)   The owner of the premises, or his or her authorized agent, may lawfully order another not to enter or remain upon the premises if the person is committing, or commits, any act which interferes with, or tends to interfere with, the normal, orderly, peaceful or efficient conduct of the activities of the premises.
   (B)   On premises closed or partially closed to public. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly enter or remain upon the premises of another which is not open to the public, notwithstanding that another part of the premises is at the time open to the public.
   (C)   Vacant buildings. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain upon the premises of a vacated building after notice against trespass is personally communicated to him or her by the owner or other authorized person or is posted in a conspicuous manner.
   (D)   Lots and buildings in general. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain on or in any lot or parcel of land or any building or other structure after notice against trespass is personally communicated to him or her by the owner or other authorized person or is posted in a conspicuous manner.
   (E)   Peddlers and the like. It shall also be unlawful and deemed to be a trespass for any peddler, canvasser, solicitor, transient merchant or other person to fail to promptly leave the private premises of any person who requests or directs him or her to leave.
   (F)   Trespassing on cemetery.
      (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to trespass in, on, over and across the cemetery owned and operated by the city, in the city, by making a passage way and/or using the cemetery ground as a short-cut in going to and from points of destination.
      (2)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dump trash and garbage on the cemetery grounds and/or to use the cemetery grounds as a dumping ground for trash and garbage.
(1989 Code,§ 11-401, modified)
Statutory reference:
   Divisions (A) through (F) of this section were taken substantially from T.C.A. §§ 39-3-1201 et seq.