Bindinglaw

US · rules

E.D. Tenn. L.R. 83.10

Mandatory and Standard Conditions

activein force · 2026-04-08 – presentact-effective-date

(a) The following mandatory conditions shall be included if applicable when terms of

supervised release are imposed by this Court in a criminal case:

(1) The defendant must not commit another federal, state or local crime;

(2) The defendant must not unlawfully possess a controlled substance;

(3) The defendant must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance.

The defendant must submit to one drug test within 15 days of release from

imprisonment and at least two periodic drug tests thereafter, as determined

by the Court. This drug testing condition may be suspended, based on the

Court's determination that the defendant poses a low risk of future substance

abuse;

(4) The defendant must make restitution in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 3663

and 3663A or any other statute authorizing a sentence of restitution;

(5) The defendant must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the

probation officer;

(6) The defendant must comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender

Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq.) as directed

by the probation officer, the Bureau of Prisons, or any state sex offender

registration agency in which the defendant resides, works, is a student, or

was convicted of a qualifying offense;

(7) The defendant must participate in an approved program for domestic

violence;

(8) The defendant must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm,

ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e., anything that

was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily

injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or tasers).

(b) The following mandatory conditions shall be included if applicable when terms of

probation are imposed by this Court in a criminal case:

(1) The defendant must not commit another federal, state or local crime;

(2) The defendant must not unlawfully possess a controlled substance;

(3) The defendant must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance.

The defendant must submit to one drug test within 15 days of release from

imprisonment and at least two periodic drug tests thereafter, as determined

by the Court. This drug testing condition may be suspended, based on the

Court's determination that the defendant poses a low risk of future substance

abuse;

(4) The defendant must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the

probation officer;

(5) The defendant must comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender

Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq.) as directed

by the probation officer, the Bureau of Prisons, or any state sex offender

registration agency in which the defendant resides, works, is a student, or

was convicted of a qualifying offense;

(6) The defendant must participate in an approved program for domestic

violence;

(7) The defendant must make restitution in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2248,

2259, 2264, 2327, 3663, 366A, and 3664;

(8) The defendant must pay the assessment imposed in accordance with 18

U.S.C. § 3013;

(9) If this judgment imposes a fine, the defendant must pay in accordance with

the Schedule of Payments sheet of this judgment;

(10) The defendant must notify the court of any material change in the

defendant’s economic circumstances that might affect the defendant’s

ability to pay restitution, fines, or special assessments;

(11) The defendant must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm,

ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e., anything that

was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily

injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or tasers).

(c) The following standard conditions shall be included when terms of supervised

release or probation are imposed by this Court in a criminal case:

(1) The defendant must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district

where the defendant is authorized to reside within 72 hours of release from

imprisonment, unless the probation officer instructs the defendant to report to a

different probation office or within a different time frame;

(2) After initially reporting to the probation office, the defendant will receive

instructions from the Court or the probation officer about how and when the

defendant must report to the probation officer, and the defendant must report to the

probation officer as instructed;

(3) The defendant must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where the

defendant is authorized to reside without first getting permission from the Court or

the probation officer;

(4) The defendant must answer truthfully the questions asked by the defendant’s

probation officer;

(5) The defendant must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If the

defendant plans to change where the defendant lives or anything about the

defendant’s living arrangements (such as the people the defendant lives with), the

defendant must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If

notifying the probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated

circumstances, the defendant must notify the probation officer within 72 hours of

becoming aware of a change or expected change;

(6) The defendant must allow the probation officer to visit the defendant at any time at

the defendant’s home or elsewhere, and the defendant must permit the probation

officer to take any items prohibited by the conditions of the defendant’s supervision

that the probation officer observes in plain view;

(7) The defendant must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of

employment, unless the probation officer excuses the defendant from doing so. If

the defendant does not have full-time employment, the defendant must try to find

full-time employment, unless the probation officer excuses the defendant from

doing so. If the defendant plans to change where the defendant works or anything

about the defendant’s work (such as the defendant’s position or job

responsibilities), the defendant must notify the probation officer at least 10 days

before the change. If notifying the probation officer at least 10 days in advance is

not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, the defendant must notify the

probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected

change;

(8) The defendant must not communicate or interact with someone the defendant

knows is engaged in criminal activity. If the defendant knows someone has been

convicted of a felony, the defendant must not knowingly communicate or interact

with that person without first getting the permission of the probation officer;

(9) If the defendant is arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, the

defendant must notify the probation officer within 72 hours;

(10) The defendant must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency

to act as a confidential human source or informant without first getting the

permission of the Court;

(11) If the probation officer determines that the defendant poses a risk to another person

(including an organization), the probation officer may require the defendant to

notify the person about the risk and the defendant must comply with that

instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm that the

defendant has notified the person about the risk;

(12) The defendant must follow the instructions of the probation officer related

to the conditions of supervision.

Provenance

Source
www.tned.uscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-18
Edition
fed-district-2026-09-19
Content hash
3bc5fd57380c92894271f12cd54fd12ded03cd62d6f9caad2c95c816ba21834c
View the official source →

The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.

Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.

Coverage · API docs

Bindinglaw

Point-in-time US law with the receipt attached. Source URL, retrieval time, content hash, and validity dates on every answer.

curl api.binding.law/v1/law/coverage

© 2026 binding.law · a Jubal, Inc. productAttorneys and firms never pay. Ever.
E.D. Tenn. L.R. 83.10 — Mandatory and Standard Condit… · binding.law