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Tennessee Drone Privacy & Surveillance (2026)

Restricted: Tennessee (TCA 39-13-903) makes it a Class C misdemeanor to use a drone to capture an image of a person or private property with intent to conduct surveillance.

RestrictedVerified Jul 7, 2026

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Drone Privacy & Surveillance in states bordering Tennessee

The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.

AlabamaInfo
Alabama has no drone-specific privacy statute; the general criminal-surveillance law (13A-11-32) covers only secret surveillance while trespassing, not drones.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: judicial.alabama.gov · Full Alabama rule →
ArkansasRestricted
Arkansas criminalizes knowingly using a drone to secretly record or view a person with a reasonable expectation of privacy (video voyeurism, Ark. Code 5-16-101(b)).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · Full Arkansas rule →
GeorgiaInfo
Georgia has no drone-specific privacy statute; its general surveillance felony (OCGA 16-11-62) bars using any device to record activities in a private place out of public view.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: gov.georgia.gov · Full Georgia rule →
KentuckyRestricted
Kentucky (HB 19, 2025) bars using a drone to record images of private property or its occupants to conduct surveillance without consent (KRS 500.130).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov · Full Kentucky rule →
MississippiRestricted
Mississippi's voyeurism/Peeping-Tom felony (97-29-61) names 'drones' among instruments barred from viewing into a bedroom, bathroom or any area with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us · Full Mississippi rule →
MissouriInfo
Missouri has no drone-specific privacy crime; the general invasion-of-privacy law (565.252) bars nonconsensual nude imaging but does not mention drones.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: revisor.mo.gov · Full Missouri rule →
North CarolinaRestricted
North Carolina (G.S. 15A-300.1) bars using a drone to surveil a person, dwelling or private property without consent, or to photograph someone without consent for publication; civil action.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: ncleg.gov · Full North Carolina rule →
VirginiaConditional
Virginia (Va. Code 18.2-121.3): flying a drone within 50 ft of a dwelling to coerce/intimidate/harass, or imaging an inmate, is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: law.lis.virginia.gov · Full Virginia rule →

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