Involves filing and maintaining financing statements on secured transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code; information about and copies of filed documents.
Pursuant to T.C.A. § 39-17-117, It is a Class E felony for any person to knowingly prepare, sign, or file any lien or other document with the intent to encumber any real or personal property when such person has no reasonable basis or any legal cause to place such lien or encumbrance on such real property.