Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-24-118 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 24 / Section 66-24-118
Deed endorsements regarding deposit of hazardous wastes - Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The register shall, upon receiving notification from the commissioner of environment and conservation that hazardous wastes have been landfilled on property in the county, enter or endorse on the deed the following: (1) The hazardous wastes which are disposed of on such property; (2) The date of the notification of such disposal by the commissioner; (3) The date of the register's entry or endorsement; and (4) The official signature of the register. (b) The entry or endorsement shall be substantially as follows: The commissioner of environment and conservation has determined that the following types of hazardous wastes have been or will be landfilled on this property ______________ and has notified this office of such disposal on (month), (day), (year). This ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, ______________ Register. (c) The register shall record in the lien books such notifications received from the commissioner. (d) As used in this section: (1) "Landfilled" includes the disposal of such wastes in any settlement pond or lagoon which is not regulated by the division of water quality control and also includes disposal by open dumping; and (2) "Open dumping" means the depositing of solid wastes into a body or stream of water or onto the surface of the ground without compacting the waste and covering with suitable materials as prescribed in the regulations of the department of environment and conservation. (e) This section is to be administered by the division of solid waste management in the department of environment and conservation. Acts 1979, ch. 382, § 2; T.C.A., § 64-2423; Acts 1992, ch. 693, § 1.
(a) The register shall, upon receiving notification from the commissioner of environment and conservation that hazardous wastes have been landfilled on property in the county, enter or endorse on the deed the following: (1) The hazardous wastes which are disposed of on such property; (2) The date of the notification of such disposal by the commissioner; (3) The date of the register's entry or endorsement; and (4) The official signature of the register.
(1) The hazardous wastes which are disposed of on such property;
(2) The date of the notification of such disposal by the commissioner;
(3) The date of the register's entry or endorsement; and
(4) The official signature of the register.
(b) The entry or endorsement shall be substantially as follows: The commissioner of environment and conservation has determined that the following types of hazardous wastes have been or will be landfilled on this property ______________ and has notified this office of such disposal on (month), (day), (year). This ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, ______________ Register.
The commissioner of environment and conservation has determined that the following types of hazardous wastes have been or will be landfilled on this property ______________ and has notified this office of such disposal on (month), (day), (year).
This ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, ______________ Register.
(c) The register shall record in the lien books such notifications received from the commissioner.
(d) As used in this section: (1) "Landfilled" includes the disposal of such wastes in any settlement pond or lagoon which is not regulated by the division of water quality control and also includes disposal by open dumping; and (2) "Open dumping" means the depositing of solid wastes into a body or stream of water or onto the surface of the ground without compacting the waste and covering with suitable materials as prescribed in the regulations of the department of environment and conservation.
(1) "Landfilled" includes the disposal of such wastes in any settlement pond or lagoon which is not regulated by the division of water quality control and also includes disposal by open dumping; and
(2) "Open dumping" means the depositing of solid wastes into a body or stream of water or onto the surface of the ground without compacting the waste and covering with suitable materials as prescribed in the regulations of the department of environment and conservation.
(e) This section is to be administered by the division of solid waste management in the department of environment and conservation.
Acts 1979, ch. 382, § 2; T.C.A., § 64-2423; Acts 1992, ch. 693, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-109 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 27 / Section 66-27-109
Merger of filial estates with principal property
Status: in_force

All of the co-owners or the sole owner of a building constituted into a horizontal property regime may by deed waive this regime and regroup or merge the records of the filial estates with the principal property; provided, that the filial estates are unencumbered, or if encumbered, that the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded accept as security the undivided portions of the property owned by the debtors. Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 9; T.C.A., § 64-2709.
All of the co-owners or the sole owner of a building constituted into a horizontal property regime may by deed waive this regime and regroup or merge the records of the filial estates with the principal property; provided, that the filial estates are unencumbered, or if encumbered, that the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded accept as security the undivided portions of the property owned by the debtors.
Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 9; T.C.A., § 64-2709.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-12-107 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 12 / Section 66-12-107
Liability of purchaser of crop
Status: in_force

A purchaser, with or without notice, of a crop subject to any of such liens shall be liable to the lienholder for the value of the crop, or any part of it, so purchased, not, however, to exceed the amount of rent due and/or supplies furnished and costs incurred in collecting same, if the crop, or part thereof, is delivered to or taken possession of by such purchaser before July 1 after the crop year; provided, the lienholder shall bring the action against the purchaser within one (1) year from the date of delivery to or possession taken by the latter. Code 1858, § 3542 (deriv. Acts 1857-1858, ch. 52, § 3); Acts 1879, ch. 72; Shan., § 5302; Acts 1921, ch. 42, § 1; 1923, ch. 71, §7; Shan. Supp., §§ 5299a7, 5302; mod. Code 1932, §8023; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1207.
A purchaser, with or without notice, of a crop subject to any of such liens shall be liable to the lienholder for the value of the crop, or any part of it, so purchased, not, however, to exceed the amount of rent due and/or supplies furnished and costs incurred in collecting same, if the crop, or part thereof, is delivered to or taken possession of by such purchaser before July 1 after the crop year; provided, the lienholder shall bring the action against the purchaser within one (1) year from the date of delivery to or possession taken by the latter.
Code 1858, § 3542 (deriv. Acts 1857-1858, ch. 52, § 3); Acts 1879, ch. 72; Shan., § 5302; Acts 1921, ch. 42, § 1; 1923, ch. 71, §7; Shan. Supp., §§ 5299a7, 5302; mod. Code 1932, §8023; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1207.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-104 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 22 / Section 66-22-104
Acknowledgment in foreign countries
Status: in_force

(a) If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond the limits of the union and its territories, the acknowledgment may be made: (1) Before a commissioner for Tennessee appointed in the country where the acknowledgment is made, having an official seal; (2) Before a notary public of such country, having an official seal; and (3) Before a consul, charge d'affaires, envoy, minister, or ambassador of the United States in the country to which such person is accredited and where the acknowledgment is made. (b) When the seal affixed contains the name or official style of such officer, any error, in stating or failing to state otherwise such name or official style of the officer, shall not render the certificate defective. Code 1858, § 2041 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, §§ 2-4); Shan., § 3716; Acts 1921, ch. 82, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3747a10; mod. Code 1932, § 7633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2204.
(a) If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond the limits of the union and its territories, the acknowledgment may be made: (1) Before a commissioner for Tennessee appointed in the country where the acknowledgment is made, having an official seal; (2) Before a notary public of such country, having an official seal; and (3) Before a consul, charge d'affaires, envoy, minister, or ambassador of the United States in the country to which such person is accredited and where the acknowledgment is made.
(1) Before a commissioner for Tennessee appointed in the country where the acknowledgment is made, having an official seal;
(2) Before a notary public of such country, having an official seal; and
(3) Before a consul, charge d'affaires, envoy, minister, or ambassador of the United States in the country to which such person is accredited and where the acknowledgment is made.
(b) When the seal affixed contains the name or official style of such officer, any error, in stating or failing to state otherwise such name or official style of the officer, shall not render the certificate defective.
Code 1858, § 2041 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, §§ 2-4); Shan., § 3716; Acts 1921, ch. 82, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3747a10; mod. Code 1932, § 7633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2204.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-132 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 11 / Section 66-11-132
Consolidation of proceedings
Status: in_force

If separate complaints, petitions, or civil warrants to enforce liens provided by this chapter are brought in the same court, then they must be consolidated; and if in different courts, the proceedings may, upon application, be removed into the court, if a court of record, in which the first complaint, petition, or civil warrant was filed, and there consolidated, unless the later proceeding is one for the benefit of all lienors, in the nature of a lien-creditors' bill, in which event earlier proceedings not of that nature must be consolidated into the lien-creditors' bill, on petition. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 5, eff. 7/1/2020. Code 1858, § 3546; Shan., § 5309; mod. Code 1932, § 7950; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1132; Acts 2007 , ch. 189, § 31.
If separate complaints, petitions, or civil warrants to enforce liens provided by this chapter are brought in the same court, then they must be consolidated; and if in different courts, the proceedings may, upon application, be removed into the court, if a court of record, in which the first complaint, petition, or civil warrant was filed, and there consolidated, unless the later proceeding is one for the benefit of all lienors, in the nature of a lien-creditors' bill, in which event earlier proceedings not of that nature must be consolidated into the lien-creditors' bill, on petition.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 5, eff. 7/1/2020.
Code 1858, § 3546; Shan., § 5309; mod. Code 1932, § 7950; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1132; Acts 2007 , ch. 189, § 31.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-29-103 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 29 / Section 66-29-103
Inapplicability to foreign transactions
Status: in_force

This part does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction involving the property was a wholly foreign transaction. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 1984, ch. 544, § 11.
This part does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction involving the property was a wholly foreign transaction.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1984, ch. 544, § 11.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-103 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 11 / Section 66-11-103
Contract with owner's spouse
Status: in_force

When the contract for improving real property is made with a husband or a wife who is not separated and living apart from that person's spouse, and the property is owned by the other spouse or by both spouses, the spouse who is the contracting party shall be deemed to be the agent of the other spouse unless the other spouse serves the prime contractor with written notice of that spouse's objection to the contract within ten (10) days after learning of the contract. Code 1932, § 7933; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1103; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 3.
When the contract for improving real property is made with a husband or a wife who is not separated and living apart from that person's spouse, and the property is owned by the other spouse or by both spouses, the spouse who is the contracting party shall be deemed to be the agent of the other spouse unless the other spouse serves the prime contractor with written notice of that spouse's objection to the contract within ten (10) days after learning of the contract.
Code 1932, § 7933; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1103; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-21-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 21 / Section 66-21-101
Enforcement of liens where method not prescribed
Status: in_force

Any and all liens given by statute on personal property, except attorney's lien, where no method of enforcing the same is specifically prescribed by statute, may be enforced by original attachment issued by any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed to be due without necessity of fiat, on affidavit that the debt is due and unpaid, to be levied on the property upon which the lien exists, be it either in the hands of the creditor, owner, or other party not an innocent purchaser. Acts 1889, ch. 12, § 1; Shan., § 5330; mod. Code 1932, § 8042; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2101.
Any and all liens given by statute on personal property, except attorney's lien, where no method of enforcing the same is specifically prescribed by statute, may be enforced by original attachment issued by any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed to be due without necessity of fiat, on affidavit that the debt is due and unpaid, to be levied on the property upon which the lien exists, be it either in the hands of the creditor, owner, or other party not an innocent purchaser.
Acts 1889, ch. 12, § 1; Shan., § 5330; mod. Code 1932, § 8042; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2101.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-12-112 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 12 / Section 66-12-112
Joint payment by purchaser
Status: in_force

Should a tenant, by the consent and permission of the tenant's landlord, which consent and permission shall be in writing and signed by such landlord, sell the tenant's crop or any part thereof to any purchaser, upon which there exists a lien in favor of the landlord for either rent or supplies of any kind, the purchaser shall pay the purchase price for such crop to the tenant and landlord jointly, or the purchaser shall issue the check or other written instrument given in lieu of the money for such crop, payable to the landlord and tenant jointly, and before such check or other written instrument shall be cashed or paid, it shall have written or endorsed on the back thereof the genuine signature of the landlord in the landlord's own handwriting, or in the handwriting of the landlord's duly authorized agent or attorney. Acts 1921, ch. 158, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 5302a3; mod. Code 1932, §8028; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1212.
Should a tenant, by the consent and permission of the tenant's landlord, which consent and permission shall be in writing and signed by such landlord, sell the tenant's crop or any part thereof to any purchaser, upon which there exists a lien in favor of the landlord for either rent or supplies of any kind, the purchaser shall pay the purchase price for such crop to the tenant and landlord jointly, or the purchaser shall issue the check or other written instrument given in lieu of the money for such crop, payable to the landlord and tenant jointly, and before such check or other written instrument shall be cashed or paid, it shall have written or endorsed on the back thereof the genuine signature of the landlord in the landlord's own handwriting, or in the handwriting of the landlord's duly authorized agent or attorney.
Acts 1921, ch. 158, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 5302a3; mod. Code 1932, §8028; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1212.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-29-146 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 29 / Section 66-29-146
Disposal of funds by treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the treasurer shall deposit in the general fund of the state all funds received under this part, including proceeds from the sale of property under this part. (b) The treasurer shall maintain an account with an amount of funds the treasurer reasonably estimates to be sufficient to pay claims allowed under, and the costs of administering, this part for each fiscal year. If the treasurer determines that the amount of claims and administrative costs during a fiscal year exceeds the amount of funds received during such fiscal year, a sum sufficient must be appropriated from the general funds of the state to the treasurer for the payment of such claims and costs. (c) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2016, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of such funds remitted by or on behalf of each local government of the state and its agencies which have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following their delivery to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the treasurer shall, upon request of the local government, pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the local government, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The funds must be placed in the local government's general fund, except the local government shall maintain, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment. (d) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2016, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of such funds remitted by or on behalf of each cooperative, as that term is defined in § 65-25-102 , that have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following the delivery of the cooperative's funds to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the treasurer, upon request of the cooperative, shall pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the cooperative, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The funds must be placed in the cooperative's general fund, except the cooperative shall maintain, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment. (e) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2020, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of the funds remitted by or on behalf of each telephone cooperative organized under, or otherwise subject to, the Telephone Cooperative Act, compiled in title 65, chapter 29, part 1, and organized for the purpose described in § 65-29-102 , that have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following the delivery of the telephone cooperative's funds to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), then the treasurer, upon request of the telephone cooperative, shall pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the telephone cooperative, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The telephone cooperative shall place the funds in the telephone cooperative's general fund as long as the telephone cooperative maintains, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment. After the unclaimed property funds are returned to the telephone cooperative, the treasurer may continue to list the property on the department of treasury's website and may refer claimants to the telephone cooperative to claim their funds. Within thirty (30) business days after paying a claim under this section, the telephone cooperative shall report to the treasurer the name and address of the individual who received the unclaimed property from the telephone cooperative and the amount received. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 793, s 1, eff. 7/15/2020. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457, s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the treasurer shall deposit in the general fund of the state all funds received under this part, including proceeds from the sale of property under this part.
(b) The treasurer shall maintain an account with an amount of funds the treasurer reasonably estimates to be sufficient to pay claims allowed under, and the costs of administering, this part for each fiscal year. If the treasurer determines that the amount of claims and administrative costs during a fiscal year exceeds the amount of funds received during such fiscal year, a sum sufficient must be appropriated from the general funds of the state to the treasurer for the payment of such claims and costs.
(c) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2016, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of such funds remitted by or on behalf of each local government of the state and its agencies which have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following their delivery to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the treasurer shall, upon request of the local government, pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the local government, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The funds must be placed in the local government's general fund, except the local government shall maintain, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment.
(d) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2016, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of such funds remitted by or on behalf of each cooperative, as that term is defined in § 65-25-102 , that have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following the delivery of the cooperative's funds to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the treasurer, upon request of the cooperative, shall pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the cooperative, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The funds must be placed in the cooperative's general fund, except the cooperative shall maintain, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment.
(e) For funds received under this part for the report year ending December 31, 2020, and for each report year thereafter, the treasurer shall determine each June 30 the amount of the funds remitted by or on behalf of each telephone cooperative organized under, or otherwise subject to, the Telephone Cooperative Act, compiled in title 65, chapter 29, part 1, and organized for the purpose described in § 65-29-102 , that have remained unclaimed for a minimum of eighteen (18) months following the delivery of the telephone cooperative's funds to the treasurer. If the aggregate unclaimed balance exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), then the treasurer, upon request of the telephone cooperative, shall pay an amount equal to the aggregate unclaimed balance, less a proportionate share of the cost of administering the program, as determined by the treasurer, to the telephone cooperative, together with a report of the accounts represented by the funds. The telephone cooperative shall place the funds in the telephone cooperative's general fund as long as the telephone cooperative maintains, to the extent necessary, a sufficient amount of the total unclaimed property accounts to ensure prompt payment. After the unclaimed property funds are returned to the telephone cooperative, the treasurer may continue to list the property on the department of treasury's website and may refer claimants to the telephone cooperative to claim their funds. Within thirty (30) business days after paying a claim under this section, the telephone cooperative shall report to the treasurer the name and address of the individual who received the unclaimed property from the telephone cooperative and the amount received.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 793, s 1, eff. 7/15/2020.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457, s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-32-134 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 32 / Section 66-32-134
Violation of Sections 66-32-131 - 66-32-133
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission determines from evidence available to it that a person is violating or failing to comply with the requirements of §§ 66-32-131 - 66-32-133, the commission may order the person to cease and desist from such violations and may take enforcement action under §§ 66-32-121 - 66-32-126. Acts 1983, ch. 210, § 10.
Whenever the commission determines from evidence available to it that a person is violating or failing to comply with the requirements of §§ 66-32-131 - 66-32-133, the commission may order the person to cease and desist from such violations and may take enforcement action under §§ 66-32-121 - 66-32-126.
Acts 1983, ch. 210, § 10.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-32-120 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 32 / Section 66-32-120
Financial records
Status: in_force

(a) The person or entity responsible for making and/or collecting common expenses, assessments or maintenance assessments shall keep detailed financial records. (b) All financial and other records shall be made reasonably available for examination by any time-share interval owner and such owner's authorized agents. Acts 1981, ch. 372, § 21; T.C.A., § 64-3221.
(a) The person or entity responsible for making and/or collecting common expenses, assessments or maintenance assessments shall keep detailed financial records.
(b) All financial and other records shall be made reasonably available for examination by any time-share interval owner and such owner's authorized agents.
Acts 1981, ch. 372, § 21; T.C.A., § 64-3221.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-9-303 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 9 / Section 66-9-303
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (A) For purposes of easements granted before July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means an easement in land or structures which: (i) Is held for the benefit of the people of this state; (ii) Is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary; (iii) Limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, the holder's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of this state; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located; (B) For purposes of easements granted on or after July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations on the owner of the servient estate, the owner's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and affirmative obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, the open-space value, the air or water quality, the agricultural, forest, recreational, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of the servient estate and is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located; (C) "Conservation easement" also means an easement of view over the facade, or restrictions on the use of a structure included in the National Register or Tennessee Register whereby the external appearance of the structure is preserved by the sale, donation, or other surrender by the owner of the easement to a public body or exempt organization either: (i) In fee simple; (ii) For the owner's life or the life of another; or (iii) For a term of years; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located; (2) "Exempt organization" includes any organization which has received a determination of exemption from the Internal Revenue Service under § 501(c)(3) and § 509(a)(1) or (a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code ( 26 U.S.C. §§ 501 , 509 ); (3) For purposes of conservation easements granted on or after July 1, 2005: (A) "Holder" means a public body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of the state or the United States; or (B) "Holder" means a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property; (4) "National Register of Historic Places," or "National Register," means that listing of the state's historic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, and environmental resources as nominated by the state's liaison officer and which is kept by the national park service, the United States department of the interior, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-665) ( 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.). Such listing is published in the federal register on a regular basis; (5) "Public body" means the United States, states, counties, municipalities, metropolitan governments, the historic commission of any state, county, municipal, or metropolitan government, park or recreation authorities, and any other state, federal or local governmental entity; (6) "Tennessee Register of Historic Places," or "Tennessee Register," means that listing of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in Tennessee history, architecture, archaeology, and culture kept by the Tennessee historical commission pursuant to title 4, chapter 11, part 2; and (7) "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right expressly provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a public body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder. Acts 1981, ch. 361, § 3; T.C.A., § 64-9-303; Acts 1988, ch. 807, § 1; 2005, ch. 205, §§ 1 - 3.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) (A) For purposes of easements granted before July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means an easement in land or structures which: (i) Is held for the benefit of the people of this state; (ii) Is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary; (iii) Limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, the holder's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of this state; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located; (B) For purposes of easements granted on or after July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations on the owner of the servient estate, the owner's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and affirmative obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, the open-space value, the air or water quality, the agricultural, forest, recreational, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of the servient estate and is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located; (C) "Conservation easement" also means an easement of view over the facade, or restrictions on the use of a structure included in the National Register or Tennessee Register whereby the external appearance of the structure is preserved by the sale, donation, or other surrender by the owner of the easement to a public body or exempt organization either: (i) In fee simple; (ii) For the owner's life or the life of another; or (iii) For a term of years; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(A) For purposes of easements granted before July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means an easement in land or structures which: (i) Is held for the benefit of the people of this state; (ii) Is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary; (iii) Limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, the holder's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of this state; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(i) Is held for the benefit of the people of this state;
(ii) Is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary;
(iii) Limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, the holder's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of this state; and
(iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(B) For purposes of easements granted on or after July 1, 2005, "conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations on the owner of the servient estate, the owner's heirs, and assigns with respect to the use and management of the servient land, structures or features thereon, and/or activities conducted thereon, which limitations and affirmative obligations are intended to preserve, maintain or enhance the present condition, use or natural beauty of the land, the open-space value, the air or water quality, the agricultural, forest, recreational, geological, biological, historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or scenic resources of the servient estate and is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(C) "Conservation easement" also means an easement of view over the facade, or restrictions on the use of a structure included in the National Register or Tennessee Register whereby the external appearance of the structure is preserved by the sale, donation, or other surrender by the owner of the easement to a public body or exempt organization either: (i) In fee simple; (ii) For the owner's life or the life of another; or (iii) For a term of years; and (iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(i) In fee simple;
(ii) For the owner's life or the life of another; or
(iii) For a term of years; and
(iv) Is recorded in the register's office of the county in which the easement is located;
(2) "Exempt organization" includes any organization which has received a determination of exemption from the Internal Revenue Service under § 501(c)(3) and § 509(a)(1) or (a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code ( 26 U.S.C. §§ 501 , 509 );
(3) For purposes of conservation easements granted on or after July 1, 2005: (A) "Holder" means a public body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of the state or the United States; or (B) "Holder" means a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property;
(A) "Holder" means a public body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of the state or the United States; or
(B) "Holder" means a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property;
(4) "National Register of Historic Places," or "National Register," means that listing of the state's historic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, and environmental resources as nominated by the state's liaison officer and which is kept by the national park service, the United States department of the interior, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-665) ( 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.). Such listing is published in the federal register on a regular basis;
(5) "Public body" means the United States, states, counties, municipalities, metropolitan governments, the historic commission of any state, county, municipal, or metropolitan government, park or recreation authorities, and any other state, federal or local governmental entity;
(6) "Tennessee Register of Historic Places," or "Tennessee Register," means that listing of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in Tennessee history, architecture, archaeology, and culture kept by the Tennessee historical commission pursuant to title 4, chapter 11, part 2; and
(7) "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right expressly provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a public body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder.
Acts 1981, ch. 361, § 3; T.C.A., § 64-9-303; Acts 1988, ch. 807, § 1; 2005, ch. 205, §§ 1 - 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-108 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 27 / Section 66-27-108
Recordation and conveyance of apartments
Status: in_force

(a) The deed of each individual apartment shall be recorded in the same manner and subject to the same law as are deeds. Likewise shall mortgages of each individual apartment be recorded subject to the law applicable to the recording of mortgages. Likewise shall other instruments conveying or affecting title to individual apartments be recorded as in the case of recording of such instruments affecting title to real property. (b) Any conveyance of an individual apartment shall be deemed to also convey the undivided interest of the owner in the common elements, both general and limited, appertaining to that apartment without specifically or particularly referring to the same. In the case of private elements, a conveyance shall be deemed to convey the undivided membership of the private element owner in the townhouse corporation. Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 8; T.C.A., § 64-2708; Acts 1990, ch. 823, § 11.
(a) The deed of each individual apartment shall be recorded in the same manner and subject to the same law as are deeds. Likewise shall mortgages of each individual apartment be recorded subject to the law applicable to the recording of mortgages. Likewise shall other instruments conveying or affecting title to individual apartments be recorded as in the case of recording of such instruments affecting title to real property.
(b) Any conveyance of an individual apartment shall be deemed to also convey the undivided interest of the owner in the common elements, both general and limited, appertaining to that apartment without specifically or particularly referring to the same. In the case of private elements, a conveyance shall be deemed to convey the undivided membership of the private element owner in the townhouse corporation.
Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 8; T.C.A., § 64-2708; Acts 1990, ch. 823, § 11.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-102 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 27 / Section 66-27-102
Part definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (A) "Apartment" means a part of the property subject to this part intended for any type of independent use, including: (i) (a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or (b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or (c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and (d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c ); (ii) All of which shall have a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area or limited common area leading to such street or highway; (B) Where private elements are involved, "apartment" includes the private element; (2) "Condominium" means the ownership of single units in a multiple unit structure or structures with common elements; (3) "Condominium project" means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby two (2) or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in existing or proposed building or buildings or structure or structures are offered or proposed to be offered for sale; (4) "Co-owner" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination thereof, which owns an apartment or apartments within the building; (5) "Council of co-owners" means all the co-owners as defined in subdivision (a)(4); (6) "Developer" means a person who undertakes to develop a real estate condominium project; (7) "General common elements" means and includes: (A) The land, whether leased or in fee simple, on which the building stands; (B) The foundations, main walls, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrances and exits or communication ways; (C) The basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (D) The premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (E) The compartments or installations of central services, such as power, light, gas, cold and hot water, refrigeration, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and the like; (F) The elevators, garbage incinerators and, in general, all devices or installations existing for common use; and (G) All other elements of the building rationally of common use or necessary to its existence, upkeep and safety; but where private elements are created, private elements shall not be considered to be general common elements, notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary; (8) "Limited common elements" means and includes those common elements which are agreed upon by all of the co-owners to be reserved for the use of a certain number of apartments to the exclusion of the other apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and the like; (9) "Majority of co-owners" means more than fifty percent (50%) of the co-owners; (10) "Master deed" or "master lease" means the deed or lease recording the property of the horizontal property regime. A declaration will be recorded in the case where private elements are involved; the declaration shall include the covenants, conditions, restrictions and bylaws of the townhouse corporation; (11) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination of these; (12) "Private elements" means and includes the lot area upon which an apartment is located and the improvements located thereon, as described in the declaration, and for which fee simple ownership and exclusive use is reserved to that apartment only. Private elements shall exist only where each apartment in the project has a ground floor and there are no apartments located above or below the private element except the one (1) apartment located thereon. Limited common elements located upon private elements shall be deemed to be private elements; (13) "Property" means and includes the land whether leasehold or in fee simple and the building, all improvements and structures thereon and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging to such land; (14) "To record" means to record pursuant to the laws of the state of Tennessee relating to the recordation of deeds and other instruments conveying or affecting title to property; and (15) "Townhouse corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation to be organized under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapters 51-68, of which all co-owners shall be members where private elements are involved. (b) All pronouns used in this section include the male, female and neuter genders and include the singular or plural numbers, as the case may be. Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 2; 1971, ch. 370, §§ 1, 2; 1976, ch. 642, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-2702; Acts 1990, ch. 823, §§ 1-5.
(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (A) "Apartment" means a part of the property subject to this part intended for any type of independent use, including: (i) (a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or (b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or (c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and (d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c ); (ii) All of which shall have a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area or limited common area leading to such street or highway; (B) Where private elements are involved, "apartment" includes the private element; (2) "Condominium" means the ownership of single units in a multiple unit structure or structures with common elements; (3) "Condominium project" means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby two (2) or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in existing or proposed building or buildings or structure or structures are offered or proposed to be offered for sale; (4) "Co-owner" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination thereof, which owns an apartment or apartments within the building; (5) "Council of co-owners" means all the co-owners as defined in subdivision (a)(4); (6) "Developer" means a person who undertakes to develop a real estate condominium project; (7) "General common elements" means and includes: (A) The land, whether leased or in fee simple, on which the building stands; (B) The foundations, main walls, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrances and exits or communication ways; (C) The basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (D) The premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (E) The compartments or installations of central services, such as power, light, gas, cold and hot water, refrigeration, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and the like; (F) The elevators, garbage incinerators and, in general, all devices or installations existing for common use; and (G) All other elements of the building rationally of common use or necessary to its existence, upkeep and safety; but where private elements are created, private elements shall not be considered to be general common elements, notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary; (8) "Limited common elements" means and includes those common elements which are agreed upon by all of the co-owners to be reserved for the use of a certain number of apartments to the exclusion of the other apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and the like; (9) "Majority of co-owners" means more than fifty percent (50%) of the co-owners; (10) "Master deed" or "master lease" means the deed or lease recording the property of the horizontal property regime. A declaration will be recorded in the case where private elements are involved; the declaration shall include the covenants, conditions, restrictions and bylaws of the townhouse corporation; (11) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination of these; (12) "Private elements" means and includes the lot area upon which an apartment is located and the improvements located thereon, as described in the declaration, and for which fee simple ownership and exclusive use is reserved to that apartment only. Private elements shall exist only where each apartment in the project has a ground floor and there are no apartments located above or below the private element except the one (1) apartment located thereon. Limited common elements located upon private elements shall be deemed to be private elements; (13) "Property" means and includes the land whether leasehold or in fee simple and the building, all improvements and structures thereon and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging to such land; (14) "To record" means to record pursuant to the laws of the state of Tennessee relating to the recordation of deeds and other instruments conveying or affecting title to property; and (15) "Townhouse corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation to be organized under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapters 51-68, of which all co-owners shall be members where private elements are involved.
(1) (A) "Apartment" means a part of the property subject to this part intended for any type of independent use, including: (i) (a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or (b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or (c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and (d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c ); (ii) All of which shall have a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area or limited common area leading to such street or highway; (B) Where private elements are involved, "apartment" includes the private element;
(A) "Apartment" means a part of the property subject to this part intended for any type of independent use, including: (i) (a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or (b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or (c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and (d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c ); (ii) All of which shall have a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area or limited common area leading to such street or highway;
(i) (a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or (b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or (c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and (d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c );
(a) One (1) or more cubicles of air at one (1) or more levels of space; or
(b) One (1) or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one (1) or more floors, or parts thereof, in a building; or
(c) A separate free-standing building of one (1) or more floors; and
(d) Any part of open space upon the property clearly delineated for independent use adjacent to and in connection with the use of any of the spaces provided for in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i)( a )-( c );
(ii) All of which shall have a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area or limited common area leading to such street or highway;
(B) Where private elements are involved, "apartment" includes the private element;
(2) "Condominium" means the ownership of single units in a multiple unit structure or structures with common elements;
(3) "Condominium project" means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby two (2) or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in existing or proposed building or buildings or structure or structures are offered or proposed to be offered for sale;
(4) "Co-owner" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination thereof, which owns an apartment or apartments within the building;
(5) "Council of co-owners" means all the co-owners as defined in subdivision (a)(4);
(6) "Developer" means a person who undertakes to develop a real estate condominium project;
(7) "General common elements" means and includes: (A) The land, whether leased or in fee simple, on which the building stands; (B) The foundations, main walls, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrances and exits or communication ways; (C) The basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (D) The premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided or stipulated; (E) The compartments or installations of central services, such as power, light, gas, cold and hot water, refrigeration, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and the like; (F) The elevators, garbage incinerators and, in general, all devices or installations existing for common use; and (G) All other elements of the building rationally of common use or necessary to its existence, upkeep and safety; but where private elements are created, private elements shall not be considered to be general common elements, notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary;
(A) The land, whether leased or in fee simple, on which the building stands;
(B) The foundations, main walls, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrances and exits or communication ways;
(C) The basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided or stipulated;
(D) The premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided or stipulated;
(E) The compartments or installations of central services, such as power, light, gas, cold and hot water, refrigeration, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and the like;
(F) The elevators, garbage incinerators and, in general, all devices or installations existing for common use; and
(G) All other elements of the building rationally of common use or necessary to its existence, upkeep and safety; but where private elements are created, private elements shall not be considered to be general common elements, notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary;
(8) "Limited common elements" means and includes those common elements which are agreed upon by all of the co-owners to be reserved for the use of a certain number of apartments to the exclusion of the other apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and the like;
(9) "Majority of co-owners" means more than fifty percent (50%) of the co-owners;
(10) "Master deed" or "master lease" means the deed or lease recording the property of the horizontal property regime. A declaration will be recorded in the case where private elements are involved; the declaration shall include the covenants, conditions, restrictions and bylaws of the townhouse corporation;
(11) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity, or any combination of these;
(12) "Private elements" means and includes the lot area upon which an apartment is located and the improvements located thereon, as described in the declaration, and for which fee simple ownership and exclusive use is reserved to that apartment only. Private elements shall exist only where each apartment in the project has a ground floor and there are no apartments located above or below the private element except the one (1) apartment located thereon. Limited common elements located upon private elements shall be deemed to be private elements;
(13) "Property" means and includes the land whether leasehold or in fee simple and the building, all improvements and structures thereon and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging to such land;
(14) "To record" means to record pursuant to the laws of the state of Tennessee relating to the recordation of deeds and other instruments conveying or affecting title to property; and
(15) "Townhouse corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation to be organized under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapters 51-68, of which all co-owners shall be members where private elements are involved.
(b) All pronouns used in this section include the male, female and neuter genders and include the singular or plural numbers, as the case may be.
Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 2; 1971, ch. 370, §§ 1, 2; 1976, ch. 642, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-2702; Acts 1990, ch. 823, §§ 1-5.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-8-110 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 8 / Section 66-8-110
Total amount payable on redemption
Status: in_force

The person proposing to redeem shall always pay, or tender, to the holder of the land, the amount of money lawfully paid by the holder, with interest thereon, at the current composite prime rate as published by the federal reserve board as of the date of purchase per annum; and, if the holder is a creditor, shall pay to the debtor or credit the debtor's debt with a sum equal to ten percent (10%) or more on the sum bid at the original sale, or with a sum equal to ten percent (10%) or more upon the judgment of the creditor, at the election of the creditor. Code 1858, § 2131 (deriv. Acts 1820, ch. 11, § 4; 1842 (E.S.), ch. 6, § 9); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 84; Shan., § 3818; Code 1932, § 7743; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-810; Acts 1983, ch. 182, § 3.
The person proposing to redeem shall always pay, or tender, to the holder of the land, the amount of money lawfully paid by the holder, with interest thereon, at the current composite prime rate as published by the federal reserve board as of the date of purchase per annum; and, if the holder is a creditor, shall pay to the debtor or credit the debtor's debt with a sum equal to ten percent (10%) or more on the sum bid at the original sale, or with a sum equal to ten percent (10%) or more upon the judgment of the creditor, at the election of the creditor.
Code 1858, § 2131 (deriv. Acts 1820, ch. 11, § 4; 1842 (E.S.), ch. 6, § 9); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 84; Shan., § 3818; Code 1932, § 7743; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-810; Acts 1983, ch. 182, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-32-203 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 32 / Section 66-32-203
Application
Status: in_force

This part applies only to sellers of vacation club interests who offer for disposition vacation club interests to the general public in Tennessee. For purposes of this section, an offer shall be considered to be made in this state only if the offer: (1) Originates from this state; or (2) Is directed by the offeror into this state and is received at the place to which it is directed. Acts 1995, ch. 90, § 3.
This part applies only to sellers of vacation club interests who offer for disposition vacation club interests to the general public in Tennessee. For purposes of this section, an offer shall be considered to be made in this state only if the offer:
(1) Originates from this state; or
(2) Is directed by the offeror into this state and is received at the place to which it is directed.
Acts 1995, ch. 90, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-29-113 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 29 / Section 66-29-113
Indication of apparent owner's interest in property
Status: in_force

(a) Property is not presumed abandoned if the apparent owner indicates an interest in the property during the applicable periods under this part. (b) Under this part, an indication of an apparent owner's interest in property includes: (1) A record communicated by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held; (2) An oral communication by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held if the holder or its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record of the fact of the apparent owner's communication; (3) Presentment of a check or other instrument of payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution made by electronic or similar means, with respect to: (A) An account; (B) An underlying security; or (C) An interest in a business association; (4) Activity directed by an apparent owner in the account in which the property is held, including accessing the account or information concerning the account, or instruction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or otherwise change the amount or type of property held in the account; (5) Making a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a financial organization, including an automatic deposit or withdrawal previously authorized by the apparent owner, other than an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest; (6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), payment of a premium on an insurance policy; (7) Any other action by the apparent owner which reasonably demonstrates to the holder that the apparent owner is aware that the property exists; and (8) The apparent owner has another property with the holder to which § 66-29-105(a)(5) applies, for which the name and address on file with the holder for the apparent owner is the same, and for which the apparent owner has: (A) Communicated in writing with the holder; or (B) Otherwise indicated an interest under this section and if the holder communicates in writing with the apparent owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be abandoned at the address to which communications regarding the other property regularly are sent. (c) An action by an agent or other representative of an apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the apparent owner. (d) A communication with an apparent owner by a person other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent owner's knowledge of a right to the property. (e) The application of an automatic premium loan provision or other nonforfeiture provision contained in an insurance policy is not an indication of interest in the policy and does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating if the insured has died or the insured or the beneficiary of the policy otherwise has become entitled to the proceeds before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by application of the provision. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 13; T.C.A., § 64-2913; Acts 1984, ch. 544, § 10; 1991, ch. 194, § 2; 1993, ch. 195, §§ 11, 12; 2001, ch. 157, §§ 1 - 3; 2001, ch. 231, §§ 2, 3.
(a) Property is not presumed abandoned if the apparent owner indicates an interest in the property during the applicable periods under this part.
(b) Under this part, an indication of an apparent owner's interest in property includes: (1) A record communicated by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held; (2) An oral communication by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held if the holder or its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record of the fact of the apparent owner's communication; (3) Presentment of a check or other instrument of payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution made by electronic or similar means, with respect to: (A) An account; (B) An underlying security; or (C) An interest in a business association; (4) Activity directed by an apparent owner in the account in which the property is held, including accessing the account or information concerning the account, or instruction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or otherwise change the amount or type of property held in the account; (5) Making a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a financial organization, including an automatic deposit or withdrawal previously authorized by the apparent owner, other than an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest; (6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), payment of a premium on an insurance policy; (7) Any other action by the apparent owner which reasonably demonstrates to the holder that the apparent owner is aware that the property exists; and (8) The apparent owner has another property with the holder to which § 66-29-105(a)(5) applies, for which the name and address on file with the holder for the apparent owner is the same, and for which the apparent owner has: (A) Communicated in writing with the holder; or (B) Otherwise indicated an interest under this section and if the holder communicates in writing with the apparent owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be abandoned at the address to which communications regarding the other property regularly are sent.
(1) A record communicated by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held;
(2) An oral communication by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held if the holder or its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record of the fact of the apparent owner's communication;
(3) Presentment of a check or other instrument of payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution made by electronic or similar means, with respect to: (A) An account; (B) An underlying security; or (C) An interest in a business association;
(A) An account;
(B) An underlying security; or
(C) An interest in a business association;
(4) Activity directed by an apparent owner in the account in which the property is held, including accessing the account or information concerning the account, or instruction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or otherwise change the amount or type of property held in the account;
(5) Making a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a financial organization, including an automatic deposit or withdrawal previously authorized by the apparent owner, other than an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest;
(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), payment of a premium on an insurance policy;
(7) Any other action by the apparent owner which reasonably demonstrates to the holder that the apparent owner is aware that the property exists; and
(8) The apparent owner has another property with the holder to which § 66-29-105(a)(5) applies, for which the name and address on file with the holder for the apparent owner is the same, and for which the apparent owner has: (A) Communicated in writing with the holder; or (B) Otherwise indicated an interest under this section and if the holder communicates in writing with the apparent owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be abandoned at the address to which communications regarding the other property regularly are sent.
(A) Communicated in writing with the holder; or
(B) Otherwise indicated an interest under this section and if the holder communicates in writing with the apparent owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be abandoned at the address to which communications regarding the other property regularly are sent.
(c) An action by an agent or other representative of an apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the apparent owner.
(d) A communication with an apparent owner by a person other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent owner's knowledge of a right to the property.
(e) The application of an automatic premium loan provision or other nonforfeiture provision contained in an insurance policy is not an indication of interest in the policy and does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating if the insured has died or the insured or the beneficiary of the policy otherwise has become entitled to the proceeds before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by application of the provision.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 13; T.C.A., § 64-2913; Acts 1984, ch. 544, § 10; 1991, ch. 194, § 2; 1993, ch. 195, §§ 11, 12; 2001, ch. 157, §§ 1 - 3; 2001, ch. 231, §§ 2, 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-25-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 25 / Section 66-25-101
Requirements for record of release
Status: in_force

(a) When a debt secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or by lien retained in a deed of conveyance of land or bill of sale, or other instrument, has been fully paid or satisfied, the mortgagee, transferee, or assignee of the mortgagee or the legal holder of the debt secured by deed of trust or lien, who has received payment or satisfaction of the debt, must satisfy the record by a formal deed of release. (b) In any county having a population of not less than thirty-two thousand six hundred (32,600) nor more than thirty-two thousand seven hundred (32,700), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census the record may be satisfied by entry on the margin of the record of the mortgage, deed of trust, deed or other instrument. Acts 1907, ch. 473, § 1; Shan., § 3704a1; mod. Code 1932, § 8070; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2501; Acts 1988, ch. 636, § 12; 1990, ch. 902, § 3.
(a) When a debt secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or by lien retained in a deed of conveyance of land or bill of sale, or other instrument, has been fully paid or satisfied, the mortgagee, transferee, or assignee of the mortgagee or the legal holder of the debt secured by deed of trust or lien, who has received payment or satisfaction of the debt, must satisfy the record by a formal deed of release.
(b) In any county having a population of not less than thirty-two thousand six hundred (32,600) nor more than thirty-two thousand seven hundred (32,700), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census the record may be satisfied by entry on the margin of the record of the mortgage, deed of trust, deed or other instrument.
Acts 1907, ch. 473, § 1; Shan., § 3704a1; mod. Code 1932, § 8070; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2501; Acts 1988, ch. 636, § 12; 1990, ch. 902, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-30-103 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 30 / Section 66-30-103
Form and contents of agreements
Status: in_force

In any case where a residential ground rent is created, the agreement therefor shall: (1) Be reduced to writing; (2) Be in recordable form; (3) Disclose the date, the names of the parties, the ground rent and any future adjustments to it, when such rent is payable, the duration of the agreement and the value of the land at the time the agreement is made. If the parties have so agreed, the agreement shall state the amount for which the ground rent may be redeemed. Such agreement shall be included as a part of the deed or other instrument of transfer; (4) Require that either party shall give without additional consideration, written certification to the other or to the holder, trustee or beneficiary of any deed of trust or mortgage upon the interest of the obligor in the real estate, of any current facts and conditions under such agreement between the obligor and the obligee, including, but not limited to, any defaults, claims, counterclaims, setoffs, prepaid rents or charges and whether or not such agreement is in good standing and full force and effect; (5) Require that the obligee not mortgage or encumber the obligee's interest in the real estate during the term of the agreement, and, that at the time the obligor desires to exercise the obligor's right to redeem, the obligee shall be ready, willing and able to deliver a general warranty deed conveying the fee simple title interest to the obligee's interest in the real estate to the obligor, the obligor's heirs, administrators, successors and assigns, free and clear of any title exceptions, other than those set out in such agreement, those created by the obligor and those which do not impair the merchantability of title; (6) Require that such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall be a third party beneficiary, but without any obligations, under such agreement; (7) Require that such holder, trustee or beneficiary may elect in writing at any time after default under or foreclosure of its deed of trust or mortgage to assume the interest of the obligor under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee and the obligee may not declare the agreement terminated because the holder, trustee, or beneficiary has stepped into the shoes of the obligor or has assumed the obligor's position; and such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall thereafter be responsible only for any preexisting declared defaults of the obligor which can be cured by the payment of money, and not otherwise; (8) Require that the obligee give written notice of any declared default under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee to such holder, trustee or beneficiary, and such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall have a ninety-day period of time after receipt of the notice to cure any such default of the obligor which can be cured by the payment of money, or a reasonable period of time to correct the declared default if such default cannot be cured by the payment of money alone. The obligee shall be required to give such notice only to those holders, trustees or beneficiaries who have recorded their interest in the real estate in the register's office for the county in which the real estate is located at the time of sending of the notice. Such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall have the right to cure such default, but shall not be obligated to cure such default or to do any act required of the obligor under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee which creates the residential ground rent; (9) Such agreement between the obligor and the obligee creating the residential ground rent may provide that the obligee shall subordinate such obligee's interest in the real estate unto the rights of a holder of a deed of trust or mortgage on the interest of the obligor in the real estate, including the rights of any trustee or beneficiary thereunder, and such agreement shall set out the terms and conditions of such a subordination, if any. If no such subordination exists, the agreement creating the residential ground rent shall prominently state that no such subordination is involved in the agreement; and (10) Any agreement executed pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall not be valid or enforceable unless the following sentences are prominently displayed on the first page and a signatory page thereof: "This agreement is executed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tennessee Residential Ground Rent Act, title 66, chapter 30 (the "act"). The terms and conditions of this agreement are governed by and made subject to the act. The act provides that the obligee's interest in the land is primarily a security interest to protect the obligee's right to be paid the rent or charge paid for the use of land. If the obligor does not exercise the obligor's right to redeem the land, the obligee may retain title to the land and the obligor may lose any interest the obligor might have in the land, including improvements, fixtures and equipment located thereon." Acts 1980, ch. 735, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-3003.
In any case where a residential ground rent is created, the agreement therefor shall:
(1) Be reduced to writing;
(2) Be in recordable form;
(3) Disclose the date, the names of the parties, the ground rent and any future adjustments to it, when such rent is payable, the duration of the agreement and the value of the land at the time the agreement is made. If the parties have so agreed, the agreement shall state the amount for which the ground rent may be redeemed. Such agreement shall be included as a part of the deed or other instrument of transfer;
(4) Require that either party shall give without additional consideration, written certification to the other or to the holder, trustee or beneficiary of any deed of trust or mortgage upon the interest of the obligor in the real estate, of any current facts and conditions under such agreement between the obligor and the obligee, including, but not limited to, any defaults, claims, counterclaims, setoffs, prepaid rents or charges and whether or not such agreement is in good standing and full force and effect;
(5) Require that the obligee not mortgage or encumber the obligee's interest in the real estate during the term of the agreement, and, that at the time the obligor desires to exercise the obligor's right to redeem, the obligee shall be ready, willing and able to deliver a general warranty deed conveying the fee simple title interest to the obligee's interest in the real estate to the obligor, the obligor's heirs, administrators, successors and assigns, free and clear of any title exceptions, other than those set out in such agreement, those created by the obligor and those which do not impair the merchantability of title;
(6) Require that such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall be a third party beneficiary, but without any obligations, under such agreement;
(7) Require that such holder, trustee or beneficiary may elect in writing at any time after default under or foreclosure of its deed of trust or mortgage to assume the interest of the obligor under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee and the obligee may not declare the agreement terminated because the holder, trustee, or beneficiary has stepped into the shoes of the obligor or has assumed the obligor's position; and such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall thereafter be responsible only for any preexisting declared defaults of the obligor which can be cured by the payment of money, and not otherwise;
(8) Require that the obligee give written notice of any declared default under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee to such holder, trustee or beneficiary, and such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall have a ninety-day period of time after receipt of the notice to cure any such default of the obligor which can be cured by the payment of money, or a reasonable period of time to correct the declared default if such default cannot be cured by the payment of money alone. The obligee shall be required to give such notice only to those holders, trustees or beneficiaries who have recorded their interest in the real estate in the register's office for the county in which the real estate is located at the time of sending of the notice. Such holder, trustee or beneficiary shall have the right to cure such default, but shall not be obligated to cure such default or to do any act required of the obligor under the agreement between the obligor and the obligee which creates the residential ground rent;
(9) Such agreement between the obligor and the obligee creating the residential ground rent may provide that the obligee shall subordinate such obligee's interest in the real estate unto the rights of a holder of a deed of trust or mortgage on the interest of the obligor in the real estate, including the rights of any trustee or beneficiary thereunder, and such agreement shall set out the terms and conditions of such a subordination, if any. If no such subordination exists, the agreement creating the residential ground rent shall prominently state that no such subordination is involved in the agreement; and
(10) Any agreement executed pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall not be valid or enforceable unless the following sentences are prominently displayed on the first page and a signatory page thereof: "This agreement is executed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tennessee Residential Ground Rent Act, title 66, chapter 30 (the "act"). The terms and conditions of this agreement are governed by and made subject to the act. The act provides that the obligee's interest in the land is primarily a security interest to protect the obligee's right to be paid the rent or charge paid for the use of land. If the obligor does not exercise the obligor's right to redeem the land, the obligee may retain title to the land and the obligor may lose any interest the obligor might have in the land, including improvements, fixtures and equipment located thereon."
"This agreement is executed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tennessee Residential Ground Rent Act, title 66, chapter 30 (the "act"). The terms and conditions of this agreement are governed by and made subject to the act. The act provides that the obligee's interest in the land is primarily a security interest to protect the obligee's right to be paid the rent or charge paid for the use of land. If the obligor does not exercise the obligor's right to redeem the land, the obligee may retain title to the land and the obligor may lose any interest the obligor might have in the land, including improvements, fixtures and equipment located thereon."
Acts 1980, ch. 735, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-3003.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-29-127 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 29 / Section 66-29-127
Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand
Status: in_force

Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this part even if the owner fails to make demand or present an instrument or document otherwise required to obtain payment. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 26; 1980, ch. 448, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 64-2926, 66-29-126; Acts 1987, ch. 43, § 2; 2003, ch. 248, § 2.
Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this part even if the owner fails to make demand or present an instrument or document otherwise required to obtain payment.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 457,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 26; 1980, ch. 448, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 64-2926, 66-29-126; Acts 1987, ch. 43, § 2; 2003, ch. 248, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-521 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-521
Termination of utility services
Status: in_force

If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have utility services placed in the tenant's name and the tenant fails to do so within three (3) days of occupancy of the rented premises, the landlord may have such utility services terminated if the existing utility service is in the name of the landlord. Acts 2003, ch. 318, § 1; 2011, ch. 272, §§ 14, 15.
If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have utility services placed in the tenant's name and the tenant fails to do so within three (3) days of occupancy of the rented premises, the landlord may have such utility services terminated if the existing utility service is in the name of the landlord.
Acts 2003, ch. 318, § 1; 2011, ch. 272, §§ 14, 15.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-12-104 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 12 / Section 66-12-104
Priority of landlord's liens
Status: in_force

The liens in §§ 66-12-101 - 66-12-103 shall all be upon equality, but all shall be superior to all other encumbrances, lien, levy, or contract, on the crops, regardless of the date of such other encumbrance, lien, levy, or contract. Acts 1923, ch. 71, § 4; Shan. Supp., § 5299a4; mod. Code 1932, §8020; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1204.
The liens in §§ 66-12-101 - 66-12-103 shall all be upon equality, but all shall be superior to all other encumbrances, lien, levy, or contract, on the crops, regardless of the date of such other encumbrance, lien, levy, or contract.
Acts 1923, ch. 71, § 4; Shan. Supp., § 5299a4; mod. Code 1932, §8020; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1204.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-312 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 27 / Section 66-27-312
Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the declaration and other law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owners of those units. If the owners of the adjoining units have specified a reallocation between their units of their allocated interests, the application must state the proposed reallocations. Unless the board of directors determines within thirty (30) days that the reallocations are unreasonable, the association shall prepare an amendment, at the expense of the affected unit owners, that identifies the units involved, states the reallocations, is executed by those unit owners and the association, to evidence compliance with this subsection (a), contains words of conveyance between the affected unit owners, and upon recordation, is indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee. (b) The association shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries between adjoining units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers, at the expense of the applicant owners. Acts 2008, ch. 766, § 1.
(a) Subject to the declaration and other law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owners of those units. If the owners of the adjoining units have specified a reallocation between their units of their allocated interests, the application must state the proposed reallocations. Unless the board of directors determines within thirty (30) days that the reallocations are unreasonable, the association shall prepare an amendment, at the expense of the affected unit owners, that identifies the units involved, states the reallocations, is executed by those unit owners and the association, to evidence compliance with this subsection (a), contains words of conveyance between the affected unit owners, and upon recordation, is indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee.
(b) The association shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries between adjoining units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers, at the expense of the applicant owners.
Acts 2008, ch. 766, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 11 / Section 66-11-101
Chapter definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Contract" means an agreement for improving real property, written or unwritten, express or implied, and includes extras as defined in this section; (2) "Contract price" means the amount agreed upon by the contracting parties to be paid for performing work or labor or for furnishing materials, machinery, equipment, services, overhead and profit, included in the contract, increased or diminished by the price of extras or breach of contract, including defects in workmanship or materials. If no price is agreed upon by the contracting parties, "contract price" means the reasonable value of all work, labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead and profit included in the contract; (3) "Extras" means labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead and profit, for improving real property, authorized by the owner and not included in previous contracts; (4) (A) "Furnish materials" means: (i) To supply materials that are intended to be and are incorporated in the improvement; (ii) To supply materials that are intended to be and are delivered to the site of the improvement and become normal wastage in construction operations; (iii) To specially fabricate materials for incorporation in the improvement and, if not delivered to the site of the improvement, are not readily resalable by the lienor; (iv) To supply materials that are used for the construction and do not remain in the improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage value of such material; or (v) To supply tools, equipment, or machinery as permitted by § 66-11-102(g) ; (B) The delivery of materials to the site of the improvement shall be prima facie evidence of incorporation of such materials in the improvement; (5) "Improvement" means the result of any action or any activity in furtherance of constructing, erecting, altering, repairing, demolishing, removing, or furnishing materials or labor for any building, structure, appurtenance to the building or structure, fixture, bridge, driveway, private roadway, sidewalk, walkway, wharf, sewer, utility, watering system, or other similar enhancement, or any part thereof, on, connected with, or beneath the surface; the drilling and finishing of a well, other than a well for gas or oil; the furnishing of any work and labor relating to the placement of tile for the drainage of any lot or land; the excavation, cleanup, or removal of hazardous and nonhazardous material or waste from real property; the enhancement or embellishment of real property by seeding, sodding, or the planting on real property of any shrubs, trees, plants, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind; the taking down, cleanup, or removal of any existing shrubs, trees, plants, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind then existing; excavating, grading or filling to establish a grade; the work of land surveying, as defined in § 62-18-102 , and the performance of architectural or engineering work, as defined in title 62, chapter 2, with respect to an improvement actually made to the real estate. As the context requires, "improvement" also means the real property thus improved; (6) "Laborer" means any individual who, under contract, of any degree of remoteness, personally performs labor for improving real property on the site of the improvement; (7) "Lienor" means any person having a lien or right of lien on real property by virtue of this chapter, and includes the person's successor in interest; (8) "Owner" includes the owner in fee of real property, or of a less estate in real property, a lessee for a term of years, a vendee in possession under a contract for the purchase of real property, and any person having any right, title or interest, legal or equitable, in real property, that may be sold under process; (9) "Owner-occupant" means any owner of real property who, at the time the owner contracts for the improvement of the real property, occupies the real property as the owner's principal place of residence; (10) "Perform", when used in connection with the words labor or services, means performance by the lienor or by another for the lienor; (11) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or other legal or commercial entity; (12) "Prime contractor" means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in § 62-18-102 , a person licensed to practice architecture or engineering under title 62, chapter 2, and any person other than a remote contractor who supervises or performs work or labor or who furnishes material, services, equipment, or machinery in furtherance of any improvement; provided, that the person is in direct privity of contract with an owner, or the owner's agent, of the improvement. A "prime contractor" also includes a person who takes over from a prime contractor the entire remaining work under such a contract; (13) "Real property" includes real estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, and fixtures and improvements thereon; (14) "Remote contractor" means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in § 62-18-102 and a person licensed to practice architecture or engineering under title 62, chapter 2, who provides work or labor or who furnishes material, services, equipment or machinery in furtherance of any improvement under a contract with a person other than an owner; (15) "Single family residence" means any real property owned and occupied by no one other than the owner and the owner's immediate family; and (16) "Visible commencement of operations" means the first actual work of improving upon the land or the first delivery to the site of the improvement of materials, that remain on the land until actually incorporated in the improvement, of such manifest and substantial character as to notify interested persons that an improvement is being made or is about to be made on the land, excluding, however, demolition, surveying, excavating, clearing, filling or grading, placement of sewer or drainage lines or other utility lines or work preparatory therefor, erection of temporary security fencing and the delivery of materials therefor. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 469,s 4, eff. 7/1/2013. Code 1932, § 7913; Acts 1965, ch. 312, §§ 1, 2; 1968, ch. 587, § 1; 1975, ch. 264, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1101; Acts 1990, ch. 641, §§ 1, 2; 2007, ch. 189, § 1.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Contract" means an agreement for improving real property, written or unwritten, express or implied, and includes extras as defined in this section;
(2) "Contract price" means the amount agreed upon by the contracting parties to be paid for performing work or labor or for furnishing materials, machinery, equipment, services, overhead and profit, included in the contract, increased or diminished by the price of extras or breach of contract, including defects in workmanship or materials. If no price is agreed upon by the contracting parties, "contract price" means the reasonable value of all work, labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead and profit included in the contract;
(3) "Extras" means labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead and profit, for improving real property, authorized by the owner and not included in previous contracts;
(4) (A) "Furnish materials" means: (i) To supply materials that are intended to be and are incorporated in the improvement; (ii) To supply materials that are intended to be and are delivered to the site of the improvement and become normal wastage in construction operations; (iii) To specially fabricate materials for incorporation in the improvement and, if not delivered to the site of the improvement, are not readily resalable by the lienor; (iv) To supply materials that are used for the construction and do not remain in the improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage value of such material; or (v) To supply tools, equipment, or machinery as permitted by § 66-11-102(g) ; (B) The delivery of materials to the site of the improvement shall be prima facie evidence of incorporation of such materials in the improvement;
(A) "Furnish materials" means: (i) To supply materials that are intended to be and are incorporated in the improvement; (ii) To supply materials that are intended to be and are delivered to the site of the improvement and become normal wastage in construction operations; (iii) To specially fabricate materials for incorporation in the improvement and, if not delivered to the site of the improvement, are not readily resalable by the lienor; (iv) To supply materials that are used for the construction and do not remain in the improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage value of such material; or (v) To supply tools, equipment, or machinery as permitted by § 66-11-102(g) ;
(i) To supply materials that are intended to be and are incorporated in the improvement;
(ii) To supply materials that are intended to be and are delivered to the site of the improvement and become normal wastage in construction operations;
(iii) To specially fabricate materials for incorporation in the improvement and, if not delivered to the site of the improvement, are not readily resalable by the lienor;
(iv) To supply materials that are used for the construction and do not remain in the improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage value of such material; or
(v) To supply tools, equipment, or machinery as permitted by § 66-11-102(g) ;
(B) The delivery of materials to the site of the improvement shall be prima facie evidence of incorporation of such materials in the improvement;
(5) "Improvement" means the result of any action or any activity in furtherance of constructing, erecting, altering, repairing, demolishing, removing, or furnishing materials or labor for any building, structure, appurtenance to the building or structure, fixture, bridge, driveway, private roadway, sidewalk, walkway, wharf, sewer, utility, watering system, or other similar enhancement, or any part thereof, on, connected with, or beneath the surface; the drilling and finishing of a well, other than a well for gas or oil; the furnishing of any work and labor relating to the placement of tile for the drainage of any lot or land; the excavation, cleanup, or removal of hazardous and nonhazardous material or waste from real property; the enhancement or embellishment of real property by seeding, sodding, or the planting on real property of any shrubs, trees, plants, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind; the taking down, cleanup, or removal of any existing shrubs, trees, plants, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind then existing; excavating, grading or filling to establish a grade; the work of land surveying, as defined in § 62-18-102 , and the performance of architectural or engineering work, as defined in title 62, chapter 2, with respect to an improvement actually made to the real estate. As the context requires, "improvement" also means the real property thus improved;
(6) "Laborer" means any individual who, under contract, of any degree of remoteness, personally performs labor for improving real property on the site of the improvement;
(7) "Lienor" means any person having a lien or right of lien on real property by virtue of this chapter, and includes the person's successor in interest;
(8) "Owner" includes the owner in fee of real property, or of a less estate in real property, a lessee for a term of years, a vendee in possession under a contract for the purchase of real property, and any person having any right, title or interest, legal or equitable, in real property, that may be sold under process;
(9) "Owner-occupant" means any owner of real property who, at the time the owner contracts for the improvement of the real property, occupies the real property as the owner's principal place of residence;
(10) "Perform", when used in connection with the words labor or services, means performance by the lienor or by another for the lienor;
(11) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or other legal or commercial entity;
(12) "Prime contractor" means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in § 62-18-102 , a person licensed to practice architecture or engineering under title 62, chapter 2, and any person other than a remote contractor who supervises or performs work or labor or who furnishes material, services, equipment, or machinery in furtherance of any improvement; provided, that the person is in direct privity of contract with an owner, or the owner's agent, of the improvement. A "prime contractor" also includes a person who takes over from a prime contractor the entire remaining work under such a contract;
(13) "Real property" includes real estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, and fixtures and improvements thereon;
(14) "Remote contractor" means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in § 62-18-102 and a person licensed to practice architecture or engineering under title 62, chapter 2, who provides work or labor or who furnishes material, services, equipment or machinery in furtherance of any improvement under a contract with a person other than an owner;
(15) "Single family residence" means any real property owned and occupied by no one other than the owner and the owner's immediate family; and
(16) "Visible commencement of operations" means the first actual work of improving upon the land or the first delivery to the site of the improvement of materials, that remain on the land until actually incorporated in the improvement, of such manifest and substantial character as to notify interested persons that an improvement is being made or is about to be made on the land, excluding, however, demolition, surveying, excavating, clearing, filling or grading, placement of sewer or drainage lines or other utility lines or work preparatory therefor, erection of temporary security fencing and the delivery of materials therefor.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 469,s 4, eff. 7/1/2013.
Code 1932, § 7913; Acts 1965, ch. 312, §§ 1, 2; 1968, ch. 587, § 1; 1975, ch. 264, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1101; Acts 1990, ch. 641, §§ 1, 2; 2007, ch. 189, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-32-305 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 32 / Section 66-32-305
Inducements - Disclosures
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person by any means, as part of an advertising program, to offer any item of value as an inducement to the recipient to visit a membership camping operator's campground, attend a sales presentation, or contact a salesperson, unless the person clearly discloses in writing in the offer, in readily understandable language, each of the following: (1) The name and street address of the membership camping operator; (2) A general statement that the advertising program is made by a membership camping operator and the purpose of any requested visit, including, but not limited to, the intent to offer a sales presentation, and that an attempt will be made to induce the person to incur a monetary obligation, including the amount of any monetary obligation; (3) A statement of the odds, in Arabic numerals, of receiving each item offered, plus a statement, in Arabic numerals, of the number of offers on which those odds are based, and a statement, if applicable, that those offers are not exclusive to the property within named; (4) The approximate verifiable retail value of each item offered, which means the price at which the person offering the item can substantiate that a substantial number of these items have been sold at retail by another person or, in the event such substantiation is unavailable, no more than three (3) times the amount actually paid by the sponsor or promoter for the item and a statement that the recipient shall be allowed to choose either the item offered or cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer; and (5) All restrictions, qualifications, and other conditions that must be satisfied before the recipient is entitled to receive the item, including: (A) Any deadline by which the recipient must visit the campground, attend the sales presentation, or respond in order to receive the item; (B) The approximate duration of any normal sales presentation and tour; (C) Any other conditions, such as a minimum age qualification, a financial qualification, or a requirement that if the recipient is married both husband and wife must be present in order to receive the item; and (D) All other materials, rules, terms, and conditions of the offer or program. (b) It is unlawful to make receipt of an offered prize contingent upon consent by the individual winners to allow their names to be used for promotional purposes. (c) It is unlawful to use the names of individual winners for a promotional purpose in connection with a mailing to a third person before obtaining their express written or oral consent to such use. (d) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to offer any item if the person knows or has reason to know that the offered item will not be available in a sufficient quantity based on the reasonably anticipated response to the offer. (e) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to fail to provide any offered item or to fail to provide cash, if chosen by the recipient, in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer, which any recipient who has responded to the offer is entitled to receive. The recipient shall be allowed to choose either the item offered or the cash. (f) (1) If the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) is unable to provide an offered item because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer and the recipient does not choose to accept cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer, the person making the offer shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to receive a rain check for the item offered, or shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to at least one (1) of the following additional options: (A) The person making the offer will provide a like item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value or a rain check for the item. This option must be offered if the offered item is not reasonably available; (B) The person making the offer will provide a substitute item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value. (2) If a rain check is provided, the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) shall, within a reasonable time, and in no event more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the raincheck is provided, deliver the agreed item to the recipient's address without additional cost or obligation to the recipient, unless the item for which the rain check is provided remains unavailable because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer. If the item is unavailable for these reasons, the person shall, not more than thirty (30) days after the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day period, deliver a like item of equal or greater value. The recipient has thirty (30) days from receipt of the delivered item to return the item and request cash in an amount equal to the retail value as represented within the written offer or the retail value represented of any substitute item offered, whichever is greater. The person making the offer shall provide payment within ten (10) days from return of the item. (g) On the request of a recipient who has received or claims a right to receive any offered item, the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) shall show the recipient sufficient evidence verifying that the item provided matches the item randomly or otherwise selected for distribution to that recipient. (h) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to: (1) Misrepresent the size, quantity, or identity of any prize, gift, money, or other item of value offered; (2) Misrepresent in any material manner the odds of receiving any particular gift, prize, amount of money, or other item of value; (3) Label any offer a "notice of termination" or "notice of cancellation"; (4) Misrepresent, through omission or in any other material manner, the offer or program; (5) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person is or could be a winner if the person had not won or is not eligible to win; or (6) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person has been "selected" or is otherwise part of a select or special group when the person has not been selected or is not part of a select or special group. Acts 1985, ch. 303, § 5; 1991, ch. 82, §§ 1-5; 1991, ch. 83, §§ 1-4; T.C.A., § 47-18-405 .
(a) It is unlawful for any person by any means, as part of an advertising program, to offer any item of value as an inducement to the recipient to visit a membership camping operator's campground, attend a sales presentation, or contact a salesperson, unless the person clearly discloses in writing in the offer, in readily understandable language, each of the following: (1) The name and street address of the membership camping operator; (2) A general statement that the advertising program is made by a membership camping operator and the purpose of any requested visit, including, but not limited to, the intent to offer a sales presentation, and that an attempt will be made to induce the person to incur a monetary obligation, including the amount of any monetary obligation; (3) A statement of the odds, in Arabic numerals, of receiving each item offered, plus a statement, in Arabic numerals, of the number of offers on which those odds are based, and a statement, if applicable, that those offers are not exclusive to the property within named; (4) The approximate verifiable retail value of each item offered, which means the price at which the person offering the item can substantiate that a substantial number of these items have been sold at retail by another person or, in the event such substantiation is unavailable, no more than three (3) times the amount actually paid by the sponsor or promoter for the item and a statement that the recipient shall be allowed to choose either the item offered or cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer; and (5) All restrictions, qualifications, and other conditions that must be satisfied before the recipient is entitled to receive the item, including: (A) Any deadline by which the recipient must visit the campground, attend the sales presentation, or respond in order to receive the item; (B) The approximate duration of any normal sales presentation and tour; (C) Any other conditions, such as a minimum age qualification, a financial qualification, or a requirement that if the recipient is married both husband and wife must be present in order to receive the item; and (D) All other materials, rules, terms, and conditions of the offer or program.
(1) The name and street address of the membership camping operator;
(2) A general statement that the advertising program is made by a membership camping operator and the purpose of any requested visit, including, but not limited to, the intent to offer a sales presentation, and that an attempt will be made to induce the person to incur a monetary obligation, including the amount of any monetary obligation;
(3) A statement of the odds, in Arabic numerals, of receiving each item offered, plus a statement, in Arabic numerals, of the number of offers on which those odds are based, and a statement, if applicable, that those offers are not exclusive to the property within named;
(4) The approximate verifiable retail value of each item offered, which means the price at which the person offering the item can substantiate that a substantial number of these items have been sold at retail by another person or, in the event such substantiation is unavailable, no more than three (3) times the amount actually paid by the sponsor or promoter for the item and a statement that the recipient shall be allowed to choose either the item offered or cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer; and
(5) All restrictions, qualifications, and other conditions that must be satisfied before the recipient is entitled to receive the item, including: (A) Any deadline by which the recipient must visit the campground, attend the sales presentation, or respond in order to receive the item; (B) The approximate duration of any normal sales presentation and tour; (C) Any other conditions, such as a minimum age qualification, a financial qualification, or a requirement that if the recipient is married both husband and wife must be present in order to receive the item; and (D) All other materials, rules, terms, and conditions of the offer or program.
(A) Any deadline by which the recipient must visit the campground, attend the sales presentation, or respond in order to receive the item;
(B) The approximate duration of any normal sales presentation and tour;
(C) Any other conditions, such as a minimum age qualification, a financial qualification, or a requirement that if the recipient is married both husband and wife must be present in order to receive the item; and
(D) All other materials, rules, terms, and conditions of the offer or program.
(b) It is unlawful to make receipt of an offered prize contingent upon consent by the individual winners to allow their names to be used for promotional purposes.
(c) It is unlawful to use the names of individual winners for a promotional purpose in connection with a mailing to a third person before obtaining their express written or oral consent to such use.
(d) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to offer any item if the person knows or has reason to know that the offered item will not be available in a sufficient quantity based on the reasonably anticipated response to the offer.
(e) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to fail to provide any offered item or to fail to provide cash, if chosen by the recipient, in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer, which any recipient who has responded to the offer is entitled to receive. The recipient shall be allowed to choose either the item offered or the cash.
(f) (1) If the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) is unable to provide an offered item because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer and the recipient does not choose to accept cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer, the person making the offer shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to receive a rain check for the item offered, or shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to at least one (1) of the following additional options: (A) The person making the offer will provide a like item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value or a rain check for the item. This option must be offered if the offered item is not reasonably available; (B) The person making the offer will provide a substitute item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value. (2) If a rain check is provided, the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) shall, within a reasonable time, and in no event more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the raincheck is provided, deliver the agreed item to the recipient's address without additional cost or obligation to the recipient, unless the item for which the rain check is provided remains unavailable because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer. If the item is unavailable for these reasons, the person shall, not more than thirty (30) days after the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day period, deliver a like item of equal or greater value. The recipient has thirty (30) days from receipt of the delivered item to return the item and request cash in an amount equal to the retail value as represented within the written offer or the retail value represented of any substitute item offered, whichever is greater. The person making the offer shall provide payment within ten (10) days from return of the item.
(1) If the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) is unable to provide an offered item because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer and the recipient does not choose to accept cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the item, as such value is represented within the written offer, the person making the offer shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to receive a rain check for the item offered, or shall inform the recipient of the recipient's right to at least one (1) of the following additional options: (A) The person making the offer will provide a like item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value or a rain check for the item. This option must be offered if the offered item is not reasonably available; (B) The person making the offer will provide a substitute item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value.
(A) The person making the offer will provide a like item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value or a rain check for the item. This option must be offered if the offered item is not reasonably available;
(B) The person making the offer will provide a substitute item of equivalent or greater verifiable retail value.
(2) If a rain check is provided, the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) shall, within a reasonable time, and in no event more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the raincheck is provided, deliver the agreed item to the recipient's address without additional cost or obligation to the recipient, unless the item for which the rain check is provided remains unavailable because of limitations of supply, quantity, or quality not reasonably foreseeable or controllable by the person making the offer. If the item is unavailable for these reasons, the person shall, not more than thirty (30) days after the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day period, deliver a like item of equal or greater value. The recipient has thirty (30) days from receipt of the delivered item to return the item and request cash in an amount equal to the retail value as represented within the written offer or the retail value represented of any substitute item offered, whichever is greater. The person making the offer shall provide payment within ten (10) days from return of the item.
(g) On the request of a recipient who has received or claims a right to receive any offered item, the person making an offer subject to subsection (a) shall show the recipient sufficient evidence verifying that the item provided matches the item randomly or otherwise selected for distribution to that recipient.
(h) It is unlawful for any person making an offer subject to subsection (a), or any employee or agent of the person, to: (1) Misrepresent the size, quantity, or identity of any prize, gift, money, or other item of value offered; (2) Misrepresent in any material manner the odds of receiving any particular gift, prize, amount of money, or other item of value; (3) Label any offer a "notice of termination" or "notice of cancellation"; (4) Misrepresent, through omission or in any other material manner, the offer or program; (5) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person is or could be a winner if the person had not won or is not eligible to win; or (6) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person has been "selected" or is otherwise part of a select or special group when the person has not been selected or is not part of a select or special group.
(1) Misrepresent the size, quantity, or identity of any prize, gift, money, or other item of value offered;
(2) Misrepresent in any material manner the odds of receiving any particular gift, prize, amount of money, or other item of value;
(3) Label any offer a "notice of termination" or "notice of cancellation";
(4) Misrepresent, through omission or in any other material manner, the offer or program;
(5) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person is or could be a winner if the person had not won or is not eligible to win; or
(6) Represent or lead a person to believe that the person has been "selected" or is otherwise part of a select or special group when the person has not been selected or is not part of a select or special group.
Acts 1985, ch. 303, § 5; 1991, ch. 82, §§ 1-5; 1991, ch. 83, §§ 1-4; T.C.A., § 47-18-405 .
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-302 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-302
Address of landlord or agent
Status: in_force

(a) The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy: (1) The name and address of: (A) The agent authorized to manage the premises, which may include a third-party management company; and (B) An owner of the premises or a person or agent authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands; and (2) (A) A telephone number or electronic mail address for maintenance services; or (B) An online portal system designed for landlord-tenant communication. (b) The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner or manager. (c) A person who fails to comply with subsection (a) becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the purpose of service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 907,s 1, eff. 1/1/2025. Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 2.102; T.C.A., § 64-2822.
(a) The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy: (1) The name and address of: (A) The agent authorized to manage the premises, which may include a third-party management company; and (B) An owner of the premises or a person or agent authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands; and (2) (A) A telephone number or electronic mail address for maintenance services; or (B) An online portal system designed for landlord-tenant communication.
(1) The name and address of: (A) The agent authorized to manage the premises, which may include a third-party management company; and (B) An owner of the premises or a person or agent authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands; and
(A) The agent authorized to manage the premises, which may include a third-party management company; and
(B) An owner of the premises or a person or agent authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands; and
(2) (A) A telephone number or electronic mail address for maintenance services; or (B) An online portal system designed for landlord-tenant communication.
(A) A telephone number or electronic mail address for maintenance services; or
(B) An online portal system designed for landlord-tenant communication.
(b) The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner or manager.
(c) A person who fails to comply with subsection (a) becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the purpose of service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 907,s 1, eff. 1/1/2025.
Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 2.102; T.C.A., § 64-2822.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-34-603 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 34 / Section 66-34-603
Additional rights of prime contractors and remote contractors - Reasonable assurances
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any rights provided for under any contract: (1) Prior to visible commencement of operations, and upon written request by a prime contractor, the owner shall furnish a prime contractor reasonable evidence the owner has procured a loan, which may be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance, or has otherwise made financial arrangements sufficient to make all payments in accordance with the contract; (2) After visible commencement of operations, a prime contractor or a remote contractor may, upon the owner's failure to make payments as required by the written contract, provide notice in accordance with § 66-34-602(a) . Included within the notice, a prime contractor or remote contractor may request that the owner provide reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract; (3) An owner shall provide a response to a demand for reasonable assurances within ten (10) days of receipt of the request that: (A) Provides reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, including the information set forth in § 66-34-104(d) ; or (B) Provides adequate legal reasons for the owner's failure to make payment of the sums owing to the requesting party; (4) If an owner responds to a demand for adequate assurance with reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, then the owner shall not materially vary the owner's financial arrangements from those disclosed under this section without prior notice to the prime contractor or remote contractor; and (5) A demand for reasonable assurances may be sent separately or as part of any notice of nonpayment, notice pursuant to § 66-34-602(a) , or other notice required or permitted under the contract, and may be in substantially the following form: [Prime contractor or remote contractor] furnished labor, materials, or services in furtherance of improvements to real property located at [property description] pursuant to its written contract with [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor]. As of the date of this letter, [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor] owes [prime contractor or remote contractor] the sum of [amount past due], which is past due or for which [prime contractor or remote contractor] asserts it has not been paid from [owner]. Such amounts were due on or before [insert due date] pursuant to the written contract between the parties. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 66-34-603 , [prime contractor or remote contractor] demands [owner] furnish reasonable evidence that [owner] has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract or setting forth adequate legal reasons for your failure to make payment, within ten (10) days of your receipt of this letter. (b) This section may not be waived by contract. (c) This section does not apply to the state and any department, board, or agency thereof, including the University of Tennessee; counties and municipalities and all departments, boards, or agencies thereof, including all school and education boards; and any other subdivision of this state. Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 31.
(a) In addition to any rights provided for under any contract: (1) Prior to visible commencement of operations, and upon written request by a prime contractor, the owner shall furnish a prime contractor reasonable evidence the owner has procured a loan, which may be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance, or has otherwise made financial arrangements sufficient to make all payments in accordance with the contract; (2) After visible commencement of operations, a prime contractor or a remote contractor may, upon the owner's failure to make payments as required by the written contract, provide notice in accordance with § 66-34-602(a) . Included within the notice, a prime contractor or remote contractor may request that the owner provide reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract; (3) An owner shall provide a response to a demand for reasonable assurances within ten (10) days of receipt of the request that: (A) Provides reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, including the information set forth in § 66-34-104(d) ; or (B) Provides adequate legal reasons for the owner's failure to make payment of the sums owing to the requesting party; (4) If an owner responds to a demand for adequate assurance with reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, then the owner shall not materially vary the owner's financial arrangements from those disclosed under this section without prior notice to the prime contractor or remote contractor; and (5) A demand for reasonable assurances may be sent separately or as part of any notice of nonpayment, notice pursuant to § 66-34-602(a) , or other notice required or permitted under the contract, and may be in substantially the following form: [Prime contractor or remote contractor] furnished labor, materials, or services in furtherance of improvements to real property located at [property description] pursuant to its written contract with [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor]. As of the date of this letter, [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor] owes [prime contractor or remote contractor] the sum of [amount past due], which is past due or for which [prime contractor or remote contractor] asserts it has not been paid from [owner]. Such amounts were due on or before [insert due date] pursuant to the written contract between the parties. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 66-34-603 , [prime contractor or remote contractor] demands [owner] furnish reasonable evidence that [owner] has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract or setting forth adequate legal reasons for your failure to make payment, within ten (10) days of your receipt of this letter.
(1) Prior to visible commencement of operations, and upon written request by a prime contractor, the owner shall furnish a prime contractor reasonable evidence the owner has procured a loan, which may be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance, or has otherwise made financial arrangements sufficient to make all payments in accordance with the contract;
(2) After visible commencement of operations, a prime contractor or a remote contractor may, upon the owner's failure to make payments as required by the written contract, provide notice in accordance with § 66-34-602(a) . Included within the notice, a prime contractor or remote contractor may request that the owner provide reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract;
(3) An owner shall provide a response to a demand for reasonable assurances within ten (10) days of receipt of the request that: (A) Provides reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, including the information set forth in § 66-34-104(d) ; or (B) Provides adequate legal reasons for the owner's failure to make payment of the sums owing to the requesting party;
(A) Provides reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, including the information set forth in § 66-34-104(d) ; or
(B) Provides adequate legal reasons for the owner's failure to make payment of the sums owing to the requesting party;
(4) If an owner responds to a demand for adequate assurance with reasonable evidence that the owner has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill the owner's obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract, then the owner shall not materially vary the owner's financial arrangements from those disclosed under this section without prior notice to the prime contractor or remote contractor; and
(5) A demand for reasonable assurances may be sent separately or as part of any notice of nonpayment, notice pursuant to § 66-34-602(a) , or other notice required or permitted under the contract, and may be in substantially the following form: [Prime contractor or remote contractor] furnished labor, materials, or services in furtherance of improvements to real property located at [property description] pursuant to its written contract with [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor]. As of the date of this letter, [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor] owes [prime contractor or remote contractor] the sum of [amount past due], which is past due or for which [prime contractor or remote contractor] asserts it has not been paid from [owner]. Such amounts were due on or before [insert due date] pursuant to the written contract between the parties. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 66-34-603 , [prime contractor or remote contractor] demands [owner] furnish reasonable evidence that [owner] has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract or setting forth adequate legal reasons for your failure to make payment, within ten (10) days of your receipt of this letter.
[Prime contractor or remote contractor] furnished labor, materials, or services in furtherance of improvements to real property located at [property description] pursuant to its written contract with [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor]. As of the date of this letter, [owner, prime contractor, or remote contractor] owes [prime contractor or remote contractor] the sum of [amount past due], which is past due or for which [prime contractor or remote contractor] asserts it has not been paid from [owner]. Such amounts were due on or before [insert due date] pursuant to the written contract between the parties. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 66-34-603 , [prime contractor or remote contractor] demands [owner] furnish reasonable evidence that [owner] has made financial arrangements sufficient to fulfill its obligation to make all payments in accordance with the written contract or setting forth adequate legal reasons for your failure to make payment, within ten (10) days of your receipt of this letter.
(b) This section may not be waived by contract.
(c) This section does not apply to the state and any department, board, or agency thereof, including the University of Tennessee; counties and municipalities and all departments, boards, or agencies thereof, including all school and education boards; and any other subdivision of this state.
Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 31.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-19-209 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 19 / Section 66-19-209
Protection of prior liens
Status: in_force

Where there are prior liens on the boat by judgments obtained by the general creditors of the owners, the sheriff shall attach the boat, subject to such prior liens, and when the boat is sold to satisfy such prior liens, the surplus, if any, shall be paid into court, where the attachment is pending, to be paid to the attaching creditors, if they obtain judgment. Code 1858, § 3561 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 35, § 8); Shan., § 5324; Code 1932, § 7970; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1912.
Where there are prior liens on the boat by judgments obtained by the general creditors of the owners, the sheriff shall attach the boat, subject to such prior liens, and when the boat is sold to satisfy such prior liens, the surplus, if any, shall be paid into court, where the attachment is pending, to be paid to the attaching creditors, if they obtain judgment.
Code 1858, § 3561 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 35, § 8); Shan., § 5324; Code 1932, § 7970; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1912.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-30-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 30 / Section 66-30-101
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Residential Ground Rent Act." Acts 1980, ch. 735, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-3001.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Residential Ground Rent Act."
Acts 1980, ch. 735, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-3001.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-2-302 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 2 / Section 66-2-302
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Agricultural land": (A) Means land in this state that is outside the corporate limits of a municipality and is: (i) Used for forestry production, including, without limitation, land exceeding ten (10) acres in which ten percent (10%) or more of the land is stocked by trees of any size, including land that formerly had trees of any size covering the land that will be naturally or artificially regenerated; or (ii) Currently used for, or, if currently idle, land last used within the past five (5) years, for farming, ranching, or timber production, except land not exceeding ten (10) acres in the aggregate, if the annual gross receipts from the sale of the farm, ranch, or timber products produced on the land do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), including, without limitation, land used by persons and entities for activities regulated under title 70; and (B) Does not include oil, gas, and all other minerals, including coal, lignite, brine, and all minerals known and recognized as commercial minerals underlying the land; (2) "Controlling interest" means an ownership interest of fifty percent (50%) or more, in the aggregate; (3) "Entity of particular concern": (A) Means an entity designated by the United States department of state as an entity of particular concern; and (B) Includes Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Sahel (formerly known as ISIS-Greater Sahara), ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, the Taliban, and the Wagner Group based on its actions in the Central African Republic; (4) "Foreign government" means a government other than the federal government of the United States or a government or political subdivision of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; (5) "Interest in agricultural land": (A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in agricultural land; and (B) Includes a lease of agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer; (6) "Interest in non-agricultural land": (A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in non-agricultural land; and (B) Includes a lease of non-agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer; (7) "Non-agricultural land" means all public or private land in this state other than agricultural land; (8) "Party" means a person, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, trust, estate, or other legal entity; (9) "Prohibited foreign party": (A) Means: (i) A citizen or resident of a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (ii) A foreign government formed within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (iii) A party other than an individual or a government that is created or organized under the laws of a foreign government within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; or (iv) A party other than an individual or a government: (a) That is created or organized under the laws of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; and (b) In which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by: (1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or (4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b); (v) An entity of particular concern; or (vi) An agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a person or entity enumerated in subdivisions (9)(A)(i)-(v); and (B) Does not mean a resident alien; (10) "Prohibited foreign-party-controlled business" means a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, trust, estate, or other legal entity whose controlling interest is owned by a prohibited foreign party; (11) "Residence" means a person's principal dwelling place where the person intends to remain permanently for an indefinite period of time; (12) "Resident alien" means a person who: (A) Is not a citizen of the United States; and (B) Is a resident of a: (i) State of the United States; (ii) Federal district of the United States; (iii) Territory of the United States; (iv) Possession of the United States; (v) Trusteeship of the United States; or (vi) Protectorate of the United States; and (13) "Significant interest" or "substantial control" means: (A) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more held by: (i) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (ii) A single government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (iii) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); (iv) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iv); or (v) An entity of particular concern; (B) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more, in the aggregate, held whenever the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) are acting in concert with respect to the interest even though no single individual, party, or government holds an interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more; or (C) An interest of fifty percent (50%) or more, in the aggregate, held by individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) even though the individuals, parties, or governments may not be acting in concert. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995,s 1, eff. 1/1/2025. Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 369, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
As used in this part:
(1) "Agricultural land": (A) Means land in this state that is outside the corporate limits of a municipality and is: (i) Used for forestry production, including, without limitation, land exceeding ten (10) acres in which ten percent (10%) or more of the land is stocked by trees of any size, including land that formerly had trees of any size covering the land that will be naturally or artificially regenerated; or (ii) Currently used for, or, if currently idle, land last used within the past five (5) years, for farming, ranching, or timber production, except land not exceeding ten (10) acres in the aggregate, if the annual gross receipts from the sale of the farm, ranch, or timber products produced on the land do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), including, without limitation, land used by persons and entities for activities regulated under title 70; and (B) Does not include oil, gas, and all other minerals, including coal, lignite, brine, and all minerals known and recognized as commercial minerals underlying the land;
(A) Means land in this state that is outside the corporate limits of a municipality and is: (i) Used for forestry production, including, without limitation, land exceeding ten (10) acres in which ten percent (10%) or more of the land is stocked by trees of any size, including land that formerly had trees of any size covering the land that will be naturally or artificially regenerated; or (ii) Currently used for, or, if currently idle, land last used within the past five (5) years, for farming, ranching, or timber production, except land not exceeding ten (10) acres in the aggregate, if the annual gross receipts from the sale of the farm, ranch, or timber products produced on the land do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), including, without limitation, land used by persons and entities for activities regulated under title 70; and
(i) Used for forestry production, including, without limitation, land exceeding ten (10) acres in which ten percent (10%) or more of the land is stocked by trees of any size, including land that formerly had trees of any size covering the land that will be naturally or artificially regenerated; or
(ii) Currently used for, or, if currently idle, land last used within the past five (5) years, for farming, ranching, or timber production, except land not exceeding ten (10) acres in the aggregate, if the annual gross receipts from the sale of the farm, ranch, or timber products produced on the land do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), including, without limitation, land used by persons and entities for activities regulated under title 70; and
(B) Does not include oil, gas, and all other minerals, including coal, lignite, brine, and all minerals known and recognized as commercial minerals underlying the land;
(2) "Controlling interest" means an ownership interest of fifty percent (50%) or more, in the aggregate;
(3) "Entity of particular concern": (A) Means an entity designated by the United States department of state as an entity of particular concern; and (B) Includes Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Sahel (formerly known as ISIS-Greater Sahara), ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, the Taliban, and the Wagner Group based on its actions in the Central African Republic;
(A) Means an entity designated by the United States department of state as an entity of particular concern; and
(B) Includes Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Sahel (formerly known as ISIS-Greater Sahara), ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, the Taliban, and the Wagner Group based on its actions in the Central African Republic;
(4) "Foreign government" means a government other than the federal government of the United States or a government or political subdivision of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States;
(5) "Interest in agricultural land": (A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in agricultural land; and (B) Includes a lease of agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in agricultural land; and
(B) Includes a lease of agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or
(ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(6) "Interest in non-agricultural land": (A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in non-agricultural land; and (B) Includes a lease of non-agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(A) Means a direct interest acquired, transferred, or held in non-agricultural land; and
(B) Includes a lease of non-agricultural land: (i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or (ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(i) For a term of one (1) year or longer; or
(ii) Renewable by option for terms which, if the options were all exercised, would total one (1) year or longer;
(7) "Non-agricultural land" means all public or private land in this state other than agricultural land;
(8) "Party" means a person, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, trust, estate, or other legal entity;
(9) "Prohibited foreign party": (A) Means: (i) A citizen or resident of a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (ii) A foreign government formed within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (iii) A party other than an individual or a government that is created or organized under the laws of a foreign government within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; or (iv) A party other than an individual or a government: (a) That is created or organized under the laws of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; and (b) In which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by: (1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or (4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b); (v) An entity of particular concern; or (vi) An agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a person or entity enumerated in subdivisions (9)(A)(i)-(v); and (B) Does not mean a resident alien;
(A) Means: (i) A citizen or resident of a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (ii) A foreign government formed within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; (iii) A party other than an individual or a government that is created or organized under the laws of a foreign government within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; or (iv) A party other than an individual or a government: (a) That is created or organized under the laws of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; and (b) In which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by: (1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or (4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b); (v) An entity of particular concern; or (vi) An agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a person or entity enumerated in subdivisions (9)(A)(i)-(v); and
(i) A citizen or resident of a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ;
(ii) A foreign government formed within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ;
(iii) A party other than an individual or a government that is created or organized under the laws of a foreign government within a country subject to international traffic in arms regulations under 22 C.F.R. § 126.1 ; or
(iv) A party other than an individual or a government: (a) That is created or organized under the laws of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; and (b) In which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by: (1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or (4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b);
(a) That is created or organized under the laws of a state, federal district, or territory of the United States; and
(b) In which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by: (1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or (4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b);
(1) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i);
(2) A foreign government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii);
(3) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); or
(4) A combination of the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in this subdivision (9)(A)(iv)(b);
(v) An entity of particular concern; or
(vi) An agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a person or entity enumerated in subdivisions (9)(A)(i)-(v); and
(B) Does not mean a resident alien;
(10) "Prohibited foreign-party-controlled business" means a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, trust, estate, or other legal entity whose controlling interest is owned by a prohibited foreign party;
(11) "Residence" means a person's principal dwelling place where the person intends to remain permanently for an indefinite period of time;
(12) "Resident alien" means a person who: (A) Is not a citizen of the United States; and (B) Is a resident of a: (i) State of the United States; (ii) Federal district of the United States; (iii) Territory of the United States; (iv) Possession of the United States; (v) Trusteeship of the United States; or (vi) Protectorate of the United States; and
(A) Is not a citizen of the United States; and
(B) Is a resident of a: (i) State of the United States; (ii) Federal district of the United States; (iii) Territory of the United States; (iv) Possession of the United States; (v) Trusteeship of the United States; or (vi) Protectorate of the United States; and
(i) State of the United States;
(ii) Federal district of the United States;
(iii) Territory of the United States;
(iv) Possession of the United States;
(v) Trusteeship of the United States; or
(vi) Protectorate of the United States; and
(13) "Significant interest" or "substantial control" means: (A) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more held by: (i) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (ii) A single government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (iii) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); (iv) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iv); or (v) An entity of particular concern; (B) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more, in the aggregate, held whenever the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) are acting in concert with respect to the interest even though no single individual, party, or government holds an interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more; or (C) An interest of fifty percent (50%) or more, in the aggregate, held by individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) even though the individuals, parties, or governments may not be acting in concert.
(A) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more held by: (i) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i); (ii) A single government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii); (iii) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii); (iv) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iv); or (v) An entity of particular concern;
(i) An individual referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(i);
(ii) A single government referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(ii);
(iii) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iii);
(iv) A party referred to in subdivision (9)(A)(iv); or
(v) An entity of particular concern;
(B) An interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more, in the aggregate, held whenever the individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) are acting in concert with respect to the interest even though no single individual, party, or government holds an interest of thirty-three percent (33%) or more; or
(C) An interest of fifty percent (50%) or more, in the aggregate, held by individuals, parties, or governments referred to in subdivision (9) even though the individuals, parties, or governments may not be acting in concert.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995,s 1, eff. 1/1/2025.
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 369, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-21-105 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 21 / Section 66-21-105
Public official's contest of lien, encumbrance, or other document that constitutes cloud on title of real property interest
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "public official" means: (1) An individual who is a current, former, or retired elected or appointed government official, including a state, county, metropolitan, or municipal official; (2) An individual who is the head of a division or major unit or department within an agency or office of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government, regardless of the title of the position, and who, as a substantial part of the individual's duties, provides meaningful input on the development of policy goals or the implementation of policy; (3) A high-ranking employee within the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government who has a primary responsibility for one (1) or more of the following functions: (A) Public information and legislative affairs; (B) Fiscal, budget, and audit matters; (C) Legal, security, or internal affairs; (D) Information technology systems; and (E) Human resources; (4) A first responder, as defined in § 29-34-203 ; or (5) A law enforcement officer, as defined in § 39-11-106 . (b) (1) A public official who is the subject of a lien, encumbrance, or any other document that reasonably constitutes a cloud on the title of a real property interest, filed with the register of any county, may file with the register a notarized affidavit, signed under penalty of perjury, that contains: (A) A recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument; (B) The affiant's mailing address; (C) A statement that the affiant is a public official; (D) A statement that the affiant believes that the document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, and the affiant's factual basis for why the filed document lacks any reasonable basis or legal cause; and (E) A statement that the affiant is not filing the affidavit contesting any document held by any entity listed in subsection (k). (2) The secretary of state shall adopt a form of affidavit for use under subdivision (b)(1) and a form of certification for use under subsection (f). (c) Once an affidavit is filed with the register pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the register shall indicate on any available indices that the document referenced in subdivision (b)(1)(A) is "Contested - Under Review." (d) (1) Within three (3) business days of filing an affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the public official shall send a copy of the affidavit, by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, addressed to the filing party at the address listed on the lien, encumbrance, or other document. (2) The copy of the affidavit is deemed delivered upon: (A) Acceptance by the filing party; (B) A showing that the filing party refused to accept delivery and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States postal service; or (C) The United States postal service returning the affidavit as undeliverable or unclaimed. (3) The refusal or failure of the filing party to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail, or the refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, does not affect the validity of delivery of the affidavit, and a filing party who refuses or fails to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail is charged with knowledge of the contents of the affidavit. (e) (1) Within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party or refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, or notice by the United States postal service that the affidavit is undeliverable, a filing party who believes in good faith that the lien, encumbrances, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, may file an action seeking a determination in the chancery court of the county where the document was filed pursuant to title 29, chapter 14. The action must name the public official as an interested party in its caption. (2) A petition filed pursuant to subdivision (e)(1) must set forth the factual basis showing that the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, and must be accompanied by a cost bond in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200). (3) Any person who shares a property interest with the public official that is adversely affected by the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document may join in the action as an interested party. (4) Following a reasonable period for responsive pleadings and discovery, the chancellor shall preside over a hearing at which proof may be offered on the issues raised and shall make a determination and issue a decree as to whether the lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with any reasonable basis or legal cause at the close of the proceedings. (f) (1) If, within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party under subdivision (d), a petition and cost bond has not been filed as required by subdivision (e)(2), the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury and verified by the clerk and master, stating that no petition has been filed. (2) If the lien, encumbrance, or other document described in subdivision (b)(1) does not contain the name or address of the filing party, plaintiff, complainant, lienor, or owner of the lien, the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury stating that the aforementioned name or address was not available. (3) Any certification filed pursuant to subdivision (f)(1) or (f)(2) must include a recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument identifying the lien, encumbrance, or other document referenced in the affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and shall serve as a release of the lien, encumbrance, or other document. (g) If, following the hearing on a petition filed under subsection (e), the chancellor determines that there is reasonable basis or legal cause for the filing of the document, the filing party may file a final, unappealable court decree with the register, and the register shall remove the "Contested - Under Review" indication from the public records and the effectiveness of the lien, encumbrance, or other document must be reflected as the original date of filing. (h) If, following the hearing on a petition filed under subsection (e), the chancellor determines that the lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, the public official may file a final, unappealable court decree with the register which shall serve as a release of the lien, encumbrance, or other document. (i) The prevailing party in any action filed pursuant to subsection (e), including any person sharing a property interest with the public official, may recover costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees that are incurred in the action. (j) Any governmental entity, as defined in § 29-20-102 , may elect to insure or indemnify any public official for the cost of defending and removing liens, encumbrances, or other documents as described in this section, or any financing statements similarly filed and challenged pursuant to § 47-9-513(e) , and for any other costs related to defending and removing a lien, encumbrance, or other document, but not including consequential damages. Any insurance or indemnification pursuant to this subsection (j) must be upon terms and conditions as the governmental entity establishes. (k) This section providing for affidavits filed by public officials contesting liens, encumbrances, or other documents that reasonably constitute a cloud on the title of a real property interest does not apply to liens, encumbrances, or other documents if the originator, owner, or holder of the debt is any of the following: (1) A state or national bank or trust company insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or an operating subsidiary of such a bank or trust company; (2) A state or federal credit union insured by the national credit union administration; (3) A residential mortgage lender or an industrial loan and thrift company licensed by the Tennessee department of financial institutions; (4) An entity regulated by the federal farm credit administration; (5) The federal housing administration (FHA); (6) A federal home loan bank; (7) The federal national mortgage association (FannieMae); (8) The federal home loan mortgage corporation (FreddieMac); (9) The federal agricultural mortgage corporation (FarmerMac); (10) The veterans administration (VA); or (11) Any lien, encumbrance, or other document that is filed with the register, where the mortgage electronic registration system is listed as the nominee for the originator, owner, or holder of the debt. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 744,s 1, eff. 4/22/2024. Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 913, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
(a) As used in this section, "public official" means: (1) An individual who is a current, former, or retired elected or appointed government official, including a state, county, metropolitan, or municipal official; (2) An individual who is the head of a division or major unit or department within an agency or office of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government, regardless of the title of the position, and who, as a substantial part of the individual's duties, provides meaningful input on the development of policy goals or the implementation of policy; (3) A high-ranking employee within the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government who has a primary responsibility for one (1) or more of the following functions: (A) Public information and legislative affairs; (B) Fiscal, budget, and audit matters; (C) Legal, security, or internal affairs; (D) Information technology systems; and (E) Human resources; (4) A first responder, as defined in § 29-34-203 ; or (5) A law enforcement officer, as defined in § 39-11-106 .
(1) An individual who is a current, former, or retired elected or appointed government official, including a state, county, metropolitan, or municipal official;
(2) An individual who is the head of a division or major unit or department within an agency or office of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government, regardless of the title of the position, and who, as a substantial part of the individual's duties, provides meaningful input on the development of policy goals or the implementation of policy;
(3) A high-ranking employee within the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state, county, metropolitan, or municipal government who has a primary responsibility for one (1) or more of the following functions: (A) Public information and legislative affairs; (B) Fiscal, budget, and audit matters; (C) Legal, security, or internal affairs; (D) Information technology systems; and (E) Human resources;
(A) Public information and legislative affairs;
(B) Fiscal, budget, and audit matters;
(C) Legal, security, or internal affairs;
(D) Information technology systems; and
(E) Human resources;
(4) A first responder, as defined in § 29-34-203 ; or
(5) A law enforcement officer, as defined in § 39-11-106 .
(b) (1) A public official who is the subject of a lien, encumbrance, or any other document that reasonably constitutes a cloud on the title of a real property interest, filed with the register of any county, may file with the register a notarized affidavit, signed under penalty of perjury, that contains: (A) A recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument; (B) The affiant's mailing address; (C) A statement that the affiant is a public official; (D) A statement that the affiant believes that the document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, and the affiant's factual basis for why the filed document lacks any reasonable basis or legal cause; and (E) A statement that the affiant is not filing the affidavit contesting any document held by any entity listed in subsection (k). (2) The secretary of state shall adopt a form of affidavit for use under subdivision (b)(1) and a form of certification for use under subsection (f).
(1) A public official who is the subject of a lien, encumbrance, or any other document that reasonably constitutes a cloud on the title of a real property interest, filed with the register of any county, may file with the register a notarized affidavit, signed under penalty of perjury, that contains: (A) A recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument; (B) The affiant's mailing address; (C) A statement that the affiant is a public official; (D) A statement that the affiant believes that the document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, and the affiant's factual basis for why the filed document lacks any reasonable basis or legal cause; and (E) A statement that the affiant is not filing the affidavit contesting any document held by any entity listed in subsection (k).
(A) A recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument;
(B) The affiant's mailing address;
(C) A statement that the affiant is a public official;
(D) A statement that the affiant believes that the document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, and the affiant's factual basis for why the filed document lacks any reasonable basis or legal cause; and
(E) A statement that the affiant is not filing the affidavit contesting any document held by any entity listed in subsection (k).
(2) The secretary of state shall adopt a form of affidavit for use under subdivision (b)(1) and a form of certification for use under subsection (f).
(c) Once an affidavit is filed with the register pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the register shall indicate on any available indices that the document referenced in subdivision (b)(1)(A) is "Contested - Under Review."
(d) (1) Within three (3) business days of filing an affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the public official shall send a copy of the affidavit, by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, addressed to the filing party at the address listed on the lien, encumbrance, or other document. (2) The copy of the affidavit is deemed delivered upon: (A) Acceptance by the filing party; (B) A showing that the filing party refused to accept delivery and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States postal service; or (C) The United States postal service returning the affidavit as undeliverable or unclaimed. (3) The refusal or failure of the filing party to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail, or the refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, does not affect the validity of delivery of the affidavit, and a filing party who refuses or fails to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail is charged with knowledge of the contents of the affidavit.
(1) Within three (3) business days of filing an affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the public official shall send a copy of the affidavit, by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, addressed to the filing party at the address listed on the lien, encumbrance, or other document.
(2) The copy of the affidavit is deemed delivered upon: (A) Acceptance by the filing party; (B) A showing that the filing party refused to accept delivery and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States postal service; or (C) The United States postal service returning the affidavit as undeliverable or unclaimed.
(A) Acceptance by the filing party;
(B) A showing that the filing party refused to accept delivery and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States postal service; or
(C) The United States postal service returning the affidavit as undeliverable or unclaimed.
(3) The refusal or failure of the filing party to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail, or the refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, does not affect the validity of delivery of the affidavit, and a filing party who refuses or fails to accept delivery of the registered or certified mail is charged with knowledge of the contents of the affidavit.
(e) (1) Within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party or refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, or notice by the United States postal service that the affidavit is undeliverable, a filing party who believes in good faith that the lien, encumbrances, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, may file an action seeking a determination in the chancery court of the county where the document was filed pursuant to title 29, chapter 14. The action must name the public official as an interested party in its caption. (2) A petition filed pursuant to subdivision (e)(1) must set forth the factual basis showing that the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, and must be accompanied by a cost bond in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200). (3) Any person who shares a property interest with the public official that is adversely affected by the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document may join in the action as an interested party. (4) Following a reasonable period for responsive pleadings and discovery, the chancellor shall preside over a hearing at which proof may be offered on the issues raised and shall make a determination and issue a decree as to whether the lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with any reasonable basis or legal cause at the close of the proceedings.
(1) Within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party or refusal or failure to sign the return receipt, or notice by the United States postal service that the affidavit is undeliverable, a filing party who believes in good faith that the lien, encumbrances, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, may file an action seeking a determination in the chancery court of the county where the document was filed pursuant to title 29, chapter 14. The action must name the public official as an interested party in its caption.
(2) A petition filed pursuant to subdivision (e)(1) must set forth the factual basis showing that the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with a reasonable basis or legal cause, and must be accompanied by a cost bond in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Any person who shares a property interest with the public official that is adversely affected by the filed lien, encumbrance, or other document may join in the action as an interested party.
(4) Following a reasonable period for responsive pleadings and discovery, the chancellor shall preside over a hearing at which proof may be offered on the issues raised and shall make a determination and issue a decree as to whether the lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed with any reasonable basis or legal cause at the close of the proceedings.
(f) (1) If, within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party under subdivision (d), a petition and cost bond has not been filed as required by subdivision (e)(2), the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury and verified by the clerk and master, stating that no petition has been filed. (2) If the lien, encumbrance, or other document described in subdivision (b)(1) does not contain the name or address of the filing party, plaintiff, complainant, lienor, or owner of the lien, the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury stating that the aforementioned name or address was not available. (3) Any certification filed pursuant to subdivision (f)(1) or (f)(2) must include a recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument identifying the lien, encumbrance, or other document referenced in the affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and shall serve as a release of the lien, encumbrance, or other document.
(1) If, within twenty (20) business days of delivery of the affidavit to the filing party under subdivision (d), a petition and cost bond has not been filed as required by subdivision (e)(2), the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury and verified by the clerk and master, stating that no petition has been filed.
(2) If the lien, encumbrance, or other document described in subdivision (b)(1) does not contain the name or address of the filing party, plaintiff, complainant, lienor, or owner of the lien, the public official may file with the register a certification, signed by the public official under penalty of perjury stating that the aforementioned name or address was not available.
(3) Any certification filed pursuant to subdivision (f)(1) or (f)(2) must include a recital designating the type of instrument, office, book, and page number of the instrument identifying the lien, encumbrance, or other document referenced in the affidavit filed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and shall serve as a release of the lien, encumbrance, or other document.
(g) If, following the hearing on a petition filed under subsection (e), the chancellor determines that there is reasonable basis or legal cause for the filing of the document, the filing party may file a final, unappealable court decree with the register, and the register shall remove the "Contested - Under Review" indication from the public records and the effectiveness of the lien, encumbrance, or other document must be reflected as the original date of filing.
(h) If, following the hearing on a petition filed under subsection (e), the chancellor determines that the lien, encumbrance, or other document was filed without any reasonable basis or legal cause, the public official may file a final, unappealable court decree with the register which shall serve as a release of the lien, encumbrance, or other document.
(i) The prevailing party in any action filed pursuant to subsection (e), including any person sharing a property interest with the public official, may recover costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees that are incurred in the action.
(j) Any governmental entity, as defined in § 29-20-102 , may elect to insure or indemnify any public official for the cost of defending and removing liens, encumbrances, or other documents as described in this section, or any financing statements similarly filed and challenged pursuant to § 47-9-513(e) , and for any other costs related to defending and removing a lien, encumbrance, or other document, but not including consequential damages. Any insurance or indemnification pursuant to this subsection (j) must be upon terms and conditions as the governmental entity establishes.
(k) This section providing for affidavits filed by public officials contesting liens, encumbrances, or other documents that reasonably constitute a cloud on the title of a real property interest does not apply to liens, encumbrances, or other documents if the originator, owner, or holder of the debt is any of the following: (1) A state or national bank or trust company insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or an operating subsidiary of such a bank or trust company; (2) A state or federal credit union insured by the national credit union administration; (3) A residential mortgage lender or an industrial loan and thrift company licensed by the Tennessee department of financial institutions; (4) An entity regulated by the federal farm credit administration; (5) The federal housing administration (FHA); (6) A federal home loan bank; (7) The federal national mortgage association (FannieMae); (8) The federal home loan mortgage corporation (FreddieMac); (9) The federal agricultural mortgage corporation (FarmerMac); (10) The veterans administration (VA); or (11) Any lien, encumbrance, or other document that is filed with the register, where the mortgage electronic registration system is listed as the nominee for the originator, owner, or holder of the debt.
(1) A state or national bank or trust company insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or an operating subsidiary of such a bank or trust company;
(2) A state or federal credit union insured by the national credit union administration;
(3) A residential mortgage lender or an industrial loan and thrift company licensed by the Tennessee department of financial institutions;
(4) An entity regulated by the federal farm credit administration;
(5) The federal housing administration (FHA);
(6) A federal home loan bank;
(7) The federal national mortgage association (FannieMae);
(8) The federal home loan mortgage corporation (FreddieMac);
(9) The federal agricultural mortgage corporation (FarmerMac);
(10) The veterans administration (VA); or
(11) Any lien, encumbrance, or other document that is filed with the register, where the mortgage electronic registration system is listed as the nominee for the originator, owner, or holder of the debt.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 744,s 1, eff. 4/22/2024.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 913, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-23-117 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 23 / Section 66-23-117
Form of certificate of probate
Status: in_force

If the subscribing witnesses appear before the clerk or deputy clerk of any county of the state, and prove the facts necessary to authenticate the instrument, the clerk shall write on the back or some other part of the instrument the following certificate: State of Tennessee ) County of ______________ ) Personally appeared before me, ______________, clerk (or deputy clerk) of the county of ______________ aforementioned, ______________ and ______________, subscribing witnesses to the within deed, who, being first sworn, deposed and said that they are acquainted with ______________, the bargainor (or as the case may be), and that the bargainor acknowledged the same, in their presence, to be the bargainor's act and deed upon the day it bears date (or stating the time as proved by the witnesses). Witness my hand, at office, this ____________________ day of ______________, 20____________________. Code 1858, § 2058 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 2); Shan., § 3735; Code 1932, § 7650; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2317.
If the subscribing witnesses appear before the clerk or deputy clerk of any county of the state, and prove the facts necessary to authenticate the instrument, the clerk shall write on the back or some other part of the instrument the following certificate:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
Personally appeared before me, ______________, clerk (or deputy clerk) of the county of ______________ aforementioned, ______________ and ______________, subscribing witnesses to the within deed, who, being first sworn, deposed and said that they are acquainted with ______________, the bargainor (or as the case may be), and that the bargainor acknowledged the same, in their presence, to be the bargainor's act and deed upon the day it bears date (or stating the time as proved by the witnesses).
Witness my hand, at office, this ____________________ day of ______________, 20____________________.
Code 1858, § 2058 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 2); Shan., § 3735; Code 1932, § 7650; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2317.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-25-208 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 25 / Section 66-25-208
Procurement of release by forgery or fabrication - Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who produces a fabricated or forged note or other evidence of indebtedness secured by a lien, and procures thereby a release under §§ 66-25-201 - 66-25-206, is guilty of forgery and punishable accordingly. (b) If the true note, or other such evidence of indebtedness be produced, after its fraudulent or felonious obtainment, and the lien thereby procured to be so released, such person is guilty of a felony, with penalty as in case of forgery. Acts 1990, ch. 902, § 13.
(a) Any person who produces a fabricated or forged note or other evidence of indebtedness secured by a lien, and procures thereby a release under §§ 66-25-201 - 66-25-206, is guilty of forgery and punishable accordingly.
(b) If the true note, or other such evidence of indebtedness be produced, after its fraudulent or felonious obtainment, and the lien thereby procured to be so released, such person is guilty of a felony, with penalty as in case of forgery.
Acts 1990, ch. 902, § 13.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-101
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act." Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 1.101; T.C.A., § 64-2801.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act."
Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 1.101; T.C.A., § 64-2801.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-12-102 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 12 / Section 66-12-102
Lien for goods and money supplied
Status: in_force

A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise shall have a like lien on all crops of tenants or sharecroppers, grown during the year on the land, for the payment of necessary food, household fuel, money and clothing supplied during the year to such tenant or sharecropper or those dependent upon such tenant or sharecropper. Acts 1923, ch. 71, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 5299a2; mod. Code 1932, §8018; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1202.
A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise shall have a like lien on all crops of tenants or sharecroppers, grown during the year on the land, for the payment of necessary food, household fuel, money and clothing supplied during the year to such tenant or sharecropper or those dependent upon such tenant or sharecropper.
Acts 1923, ch. 71, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 5299a2; mod. Code 1932, §8018; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1202.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-131 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 11 / Section 66-11-131
Joinder of petitioners
Status: in_force

Where there are several persons entitled to the lien given by this chapter, all or any number of them may join in one (1) suit; or upon the filing by one (1) or more of the lienors of a complaint, petition, or civil warrant for the benefit of all lienors, any other lienor may come in by petition, under oath, without suing out a new attachment, by giving bond and security, with effect as if the attachment, if any, had been taken out by the petitioner. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 4, eff. 7/1/2020. Code 1858, § 3544; Shan., § 5307; mod. Code 1932, § 7949; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1131; Acts 2007 , ch. 189, § 30.
Where there are several persons entitled to the lien given by this chapter, all or any number of them may join in one (1) suit; or upon the filing by one (1) or more of the lienors of a complaint, petition, or civil warrant for the benefit of all lienors, any other lienor may come in by petition, under oath, without suing out a new attachment, by giving bond and security, with effect as if the attachment, if any, had been taken out by the petitioner.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 4, eff. 7/1/2020.
Code 1858, § 3544; Shan., § 5307; mod. Code 1932, § 7949; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1131; Acts 2007 , ch. 189, § 30.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-16-101 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 16 / Section 66-16-101
Enforcement against articles left for storage
Status: in_force

(a) If articles received for storage by a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner are not ordered from storage within sixty (60) days from the expiration of the storage date, as fixed upon the memorandum at the time the articles were received for storage, then a notice by registered mail shall be sent to the address given at the time each article was received for storage, or to the new address of the person from whom the article was received, if such person is known to have changed such person's address, demanding that the article be taken from storage within thirty (30) days, or the storage charges paid and a new contract for storage entered into. (b) If at the expiration of thirty (30) days the article has not been removed from storage or a new storage contract made, then a second registered letter shall be sent, setting out a general description of the article, the charges against it, and a date not less than twelve (12) days from the date of mailing the letter when the article will be offered by public sale at the principal plant of the person who received it for storage. A copy of the letter shall be posted in a prominent place in the laundry or cleaning plant of the person mailing the letter, where the letter or notice is open to public inspection. (c) If the charges are not paid by the date fixed for the sale, the article shall be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds applied to paying the cost of storage and mailing the necessary letters, and the balance shall be retained for a period of six (6) months for the benefit of the person from whom the article was received and shall at any time during those six (6) months be paid to that person on demand. At the expiration of six (6) months from the date of sale, the sum shall be paid to the state treasurer who shall deal with it in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, compiled in chapter 29 of this title. Acts 1937, ch. 95, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 7988.6 (Williams, § 8088.6); Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 34; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1607; Acts 1990, ch. 778, §2; 2017 , ch. 457, § 2; T.C.A., § 66-16-107 .
(a) If articles received for storage by a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner are not ordered from storage within sixty (60) days from the expiration of the storage date, as fixed upon the memorandum at the time the articles were received for storage, then a notice by registered mail shall be sent to the address given at the time each article was received for storage, or to the new address of the person from whom the article was received, if such person is known to have changed such person's address, demanding that the article be taken from storage within thirty (30) days, or the storage charges paid and a new contract for storage entered into.
(b) If at the expiration of thirty (30) days the article has not been removed from storage or a new storage contract made, then a second registered letter shall be sent, setting out a general description of the article, the charges against it, and a date not less than twelve (12) days from the date of mailing the letter when the article will be offered by public sale at the principal plant of the person who received it for storage. A copy of the letter shall be posted in a prominent place in the laundry or cleaning plant of the person mailing the letter, where the letter or notice is open to public inspection.
(c) If the charges are not paid by the date fixed for the sale, the article shall be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds applied to paying the cost of storage and mailing the necessary letters, and the balance shall be retained for a period of six (6) months for the benefit of the person from whom the article was received and shall at any time during those six (6) months be paid to that person on demand. At the expiration of six (6) months from the date of sale, the sum shall be paid to the state treasurer who shall deal with it in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, compiled in chapter 29 of this title.
Acts 1937, ch. 95, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 7988.6 (Williams, § 8088.6); Acts 1978, ch. 561, § 34; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1607; Acts 1990, ch. 778, §2; 2017 , ch. 457, § 2; T.C.A., § 66-16-107 .
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-520 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-520
Towing of nuisance vehicles
Status: in_force

Any nuisance vehicle located on or about the premises of real property that has been leased or rented for residential purposes may be towed or otherwise removed from such premises by the landlord upon giving twenty-four (24) hours written notice by posting the same upon the subject vehicle. Acts 1999, ch. 284, § 1.
Any nuisance vehicle located on or about the premises of real property that has been leased or rented for residential purposes may be towed or otherwise removed from such premises by the landlord upon giving twenty-four (24) hours written notice by posting the same upon the subject vehicle.
Acts 1999, ch. 284, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-24-116 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 24 / Section 66-24-116
Filing and recording restrictions for maps, plats and surveys
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for the recorder of deeds of any county or any proper public authority to file on record any map, plat, survey, or other document within the definition of land surveying which does not have impressed thereon, and affixed thereto, the personal signature and seal of a registered land surveyor, licensed to survey by title 62, chapter 18, or a registered engineer by whom the map, plat, survey or other document was prepared; except that any plat, map, survey or other document covered under this chapter and which was prepared prior to May 7, 1969, may be recorded by the recorder of deeds. (b) Instruments shall not be accepted for registration unless, in the opinion of the register to which the instrument is presented for recording, the map, plat or survey distinctly shows all words and figures necessary for clear and accurate determination of all metes, bounds, bearings, calls, easements or other information sought to be shown with sufficient clarity for reduction and/or reproduction in the register's office. (c) However, nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the transfer of title nor the recording of any instrument evidencing such transfer between a willing buyer and a willing seller without survey nor shall this section preclude the use of an earlier recorded survey. Acts 1969, ch. 207, § 17; 1971, ch. 337, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-2418.
(a) It is unlawful for the recorder of deeds of any county or any proper public authority to file on record any map, plat, survey, or other document within the definition of land surveying which does not have impressed thereon, and affixed thereto, the personal signature and seal of a registered land surveyor, licensed to survey by title 62, chapter 18, or a registered engineer by whom the map, plat, survey or other document was prepared; except that any plat, map, survey or other document covered under this chapter and which was prepared prior to May 7, 1969, may be recorded by the recorder of deeds.
(b) Instruments shall not be accepted for registration unless, in the opinion of the register to which the instrument is presented for recording, the map, plat or survey distinctly shows all words and figures necessary for clear and accurate determination of all metes, bounds, bearings, calls, easements or other information sought to be shown with sufficient clarity for reduction and/or reproduction in the register's office.
(c) However, nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the transfer of title nor the recording of any instrument evidencing such transfer between a willing buyer and a willing seller without survey nor shall this section preclude the use of an earlier recorded survey.
Acts 1969, ch. 207, § 17; 1971, ch. 337, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-2418.