55-8-179 - Use of raised identifying cane or blaze orange dog leash restricted to blind or deaf persons Penalty.
55-8-179. Use of raised identifying cane or blaze orange dog leash restricted to blind or deaf persons Penalty.
(a) No person, unless totally or partially blind or otherwise incapacitated, while on any public street or thoroughfare shall carry in any raised or extended position any cane or similar walking stick colored white or white tipped with red.
(b) No person, unless totally or partially deaf, shall carry, hold, or use on any street, highway, or in any other public place, a leash blaze orange in color on any dog accompanying that person.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
[Acts 1951, ch. 72, § 1 (Williams, § 2670.10); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-880; Acts 1980, ch. 488, § 1; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]