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Committee makes removing certain survey pins a misdemeanor; sponsors clarify wooden‑stake exemption
Summary
Lawmakers adopted an amendment and voted to send HB 20-26 to Finance; the bill would criminalize removal of pinned boundary markers but exempt unpinned wooden stakes used for temporary marking.
Chairman Williams introduced an amendment to HB 20-26 and explained the measure would make removing certain boundary pins a Class A misdemeanor after input from the Tennessee Association of Land Surveyors. He clarified that survey pins physically embedded or marked by surveyors would be protected while removable wooden stakes that lack pins would not be criminalized.
Members asked whether century‑old markers or trees described in deeds would be implicated; the sponsor said the bill exempts situations where a deed describes a tree and the original pin is no longer present. The committee voted to send HB 20-26 as amended to Finance, Ways and Means (22 yeas, 0 nos).
