Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-104 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 26 / Section 66-26-104
Rights as between transferee of decedent and purchaser from heir or devisee
Status: in_force

Any such instrument entitled to registration which is not duly registered prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days following the death of the maker of any such instrument shall be null and void as to innocent purchasers for a present valuable consideration from such person or persons as would, but for the execution of the instrument by the decedent, succeed to the rights of the decedent to such property in respect to which such unrecorded instrument was executed; provided, that the holder or any person entitled to the benefit of any such unrecorded instrument shall have a right of action against any such transferors for the reasonable value of any such property transferred, to the extent of the interest of the holder in the property, if brought within one (1) year of the recording of the instrument made by such transferors, if the instrument by which the transfer is made is required to be recorded for the protection of the purchaser under the laws of this state, otherwise the action shall be brought within one (1) year from the consummation of such sale or transfer. Acts 1937, ch. 122, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 7668; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2604; Acts 1987, ch. 276, § 1.
Any such instrument entitled to registration which is not duly registered prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days following the death of the maker of any such instrument shall be null and void as to innocent purchasers for a present valuable consideration from such person or persons as would, but for the execution of the instrument by the decedent, succeed to the rights of the decedent to such property in respect to which such unrecorded instrument was executed; provided, that the holder or any person entitled to the benefit of any such unrecorded instrument shall have a right of action against any such transferors for the reasonable value of any such property transferred, to the extent of the interest of the holder in the property, if brought within one (1) year of the recording of the instrument made by such transferors, if the instrument by which the transfer is made is required to be recorded for the protection of the purchaser under the laws of this state, otherwise the action shall be brought within one (1) year from the consummation of such sale or transfer.
Acts 1937, ch. 122, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 7668; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2604; Acts 1987, ch. 276, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-210 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 5 / Section 66-5-210
Disclosure form
Status: in_force

Following is the form prescribed by the general assembly which is necessary to comply with this part. The form used does not have to be the one included in this section, but it is the intent of the general assembly that any such form includes all items contained in the form below with all acknowledgement provisions of such form: Click here to view form. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 2, eff. 5/1/2024. Acts 1994, ch. 828, § 10; 1998, ch. 727, § 1; 2000, ch. 771, § 5; 2008 , ch. 766, § 2.
Following is the form prescribed by the general assembly which is necessary to comply with this part. The form used does not have to be the one included in this section, but it is the intent of the general assembly that any such form includes all items contained in the form below with all acknowledgement provisions of such form:
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Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 2, eff. 5/1/2024.
Acts 1994, ch. 828, § 10; 1998, ch. 727, § 1; 2000, ch. 771, § 5; 2008 , ch. 766, § 2.
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-515 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-515
Administration of remedies - Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be so administered that the aggrieved party may recover lawful damages. The aggrieved party has an obligation and duty to mitigate damages. (b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by legal action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect. Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 1.105; T.C.A., § 64-2855.
(a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be so administered that the aggrieved party may recover lawful damages. The aggrieved party has an obligation and duty to mitigate damages.
(b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by legal action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 1.105; T.C.A., § 64-2855.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-3-308 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 3 / Section 66-3-308
Remedies of creditors
Status: in_force

(a) In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this part, a creditor, subject to the limitations in § 66-3-309 , may obtain: (1) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim; (2) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee in accordance with the procedure prescribed by title 26; (3) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure: (A) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property; (B) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or (C) Any other relief the circumstances may require. (b) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds. Acts 2003, ch. 42, § 1.
(a) In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this part, a creditor, subject to the limitations in § 66-3-309 , may obtain: (1) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim; (2) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee in accordance with the procedure prescribed by title 26; (3) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure: (A) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property; (B) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or (C) Any other relief the circumstances may require.
(1) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim;
(2) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee in accordance with the procedure prescribed by title 26;
(3) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure: (A) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property; (B) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or (C) Any other relief the circumstances may require.
(A) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property;
(B) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or
(C) Any other relief the circumstances may require.
(b) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds.
Acts 2003, ch. 42, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-25-210 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 25 / Section 66-25-210
Right to release by deed of release or quitclaim preserved
Status: repealed

This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the right of release by way of deed of release or quitclaim. Acts 1990, ch. 902, § 15.
This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the right of release by way of deed of release or quitclaim.
Acts 1990, ch. 902, § 15.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-106 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 26 / Section 66-26-106
Presumption as to validity of registration after twenty years
Status: in_force

Whenever a deed has been registered twenty (20) years or more, the same shall be presumed to have been properly acknowledged or proved, though the certificate of acknowledgement or probate has not been transferred to the registers book, and without regard to the form of the certificate; provided, that an acknowledgment to an instrument which has been of record in the register's office for a period of seven (7) years shall be presumed valid so as to comply with the form of acknowledgments set out in §§ 66-22-107 and 66-22-108 . Code 1858, § 2084 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 9); Shan., §3761; mod. Code 1932, § 7672; Acts 1969, ch. 200, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2606; Acts 2005, ch. 303, § 3.
Whenever a deed has been registered twenty (20) years or more, the same shall be presumed to have been properly acknowledged or proved, though the certificate of acknowledgement or probate has not been transferred to the registers book, and without regard to the form of the certificate; provided, that an acknowledgment to an instrument which has been of record in the register's office for a period of seven (7) years shall be presumed valid so as to comply with the form of acknowledgments set out in §§ 66-22-107 and 66-22-108 .
Code 1858, § 2084 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 9); Shan., §3761; mod. Code 1932, § 7672; Acts 1969, ch. 200, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2606; Acts 2005, ch. 303, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-103 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 28 / Section 66-28-103
Purposes - Rules of construction
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (b) Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to: (1) Simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant; (2) Encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing; (3) Promote equal protection to all parties; and (4) Make uniform the law in Tennessee. (c) Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relating to capacity to contract, health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions. (d) This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it is to be construed as impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided. Acts 1975, ch. 245, §§ 1.102 -- 1.104; T.C.A., §§ 64-2861 -- 64-2863.
(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to: (1) Simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant; (2) Encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing; (3) Promote equal protection to all parties; and (4) Make uniform the law in Tennessee.
(1) Simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant;
(2) Encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing;
(3) Promote equal protection to all parties; and
(4) Make uniform the law in Tennessee.
(c) Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relating to capacity to contract, health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.
(d) This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it is to be construed as impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided.
Acts 1975, ch. 245, §§ 1.102 -- 1.104; T.C.A., §§ 64-2861 -- 64-2863.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-12-113 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 12 / Section 66-12-113
Laborer's lien on crops
Status: in_force

When any person shall perform any labor or render services to another in accordance with a contract, written or verbal, for cultivating the soil, and shall produce a crop, such person shall have a lien upon the crop produced, which shall be the results of such person's labor, for the payment of such compensation or wages as agreed upon in the contract. Acts 1879, ch. 15, § 1; Shan., § 3567; mod. Code 1932, § 8014; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1213.
When any person shall perform any labor or render services to another in accordance with a contract, written or verbal, for cultivating the soil, and shall produce a crop, such person shall have a lien upon the crop produced, which shall be the results of such person's labor, for the payment of such compensation or wages as agreed upon in the contract.
Acts 1879, ch. 15, § 1; Shan., § 3567; mod. Code 1932, § 8014; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1213.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-23-113 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 23 / Section 66-23-113
Sheriff's liability for failure to serve subpoena
Status: in_force

If the sheriff fails or refuses to serve a subpoena for witnesses in such case, the sheriff shall be liable to a like action for damages, but not unless the sheriff's fees are tendered or paid. Code 1858, § 2065 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 12); Shan., § 3742; Code 1932, §7657; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2313.
If the sheriff fails or refuses to serve a subpoena for witnesses in such case, the sheriff shall be liable to a like action for damages, but not unless the sheriff's fees are tendered or paid.
Code 1858, § 2065 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 12); Shan., § 3742; Code 1932, §7657; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2313.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-115 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 22 / Section 66-22-115
Recognition of certificate of acknowledgment
Status: in_force

(a) The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104 , shall be accepted in this state if the: (1) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; or (2) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the other state, or territory, or foreign country in which the acknowledgment is taken. (b) A notarial act performed prior to March 29, 1995, is not affected by this section. This section provides an additional method of proving notarial acts. Nothing in this section diminishes or invalidates the recognition accorded to notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state. Acts 1995, ch. 52, § 1.
(a) The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104 , shall be accepted in this state if the: (1) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; or (2) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the other state, or territory, or foreign country in which the acknowledgment is taken.
(1) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; or
(2) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the other state, or territory, or foreign country in which the acknowledgment is taken.
(b) A notarial act performed prior to March 29, 1995, is not affected by this section. This section provides an additional method of proving notarial acts. Nothing in this section diminishes or invalidates the recognition accorded to notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state.
Acts 1995, ch. 52, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-34-204 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 34 / Section 66-34-204
Payment of retainage by owner
Status: in_force

When an owner: (1) Has received a use and/or occupancy permit for an improvement from a governmental agency lawfully issuing such permit; (2) Has received a certificate of substantial completion from an architect or engineer charged with supervision of the construction of an improvement; or (3) Begins to use or could have begun to use an improvement; the owner shall, after any such event and pursuant to the terms of the written contract, pay to the prime contractor all retainage the owner may have withheld pursuant to the written contract, except any sum which the owner may reasonably withhold in accordance with the written contract between the owner and the prime contractor; the retainage must be paid within ninety (90) days after the date of the occurrence of an event included in subdivision (1), (2) or (3). Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 21, eff. 7/1/2020. Acts 1991, ch. 45, § 1; 2007 , ch. 201, § 5.
When an owner:
(1) Has received a use and/or occupancy permit for an improvement from a governmental agency lawfully issuing such permit;
(2) Has received a certificate of substantial completion from an architect or engineer charged with supervision of the construction of an improvement; or
(3) Begins to use or could have begun to use an improvement; the owner shall, after any such event and pursuant to the terms of the written contract, pay to the prime contractor all retainage the owner may have withheld pursuant to the written contract, except any sum which the owner may reasonably withhold in accordance with the written contract between the owner and the prime contractor; the retainage must be paid within ninety (90) days after the date of the occurrence of an event included in subdivision (1), (2) or (3).
the owner shall, after any such event and pursuant to the terms of the written contract, pay to the prime contractor all retainage the owner may have withheld pursuant to the written contract, except any sum which the owner may reasonably withhold in accordance with the written contract between the owner and the prime contractor; the retainage must be paid within ninety (90) days after the date of the occurrence of an event included in subdivision (1), (2) or (3).
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 21, eff. 7/1/2020.
Acts 1991, ch. 45, § 1; 2007 , ch. 201, § 5.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-32-301 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 32 / Section 66-32-301
Short title
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Membership Camping Act." Acts 1985, ch. 303, § 1; T.C.A., § 47-18-401 .
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Membership Camping Act."
Acts 1985, ch. 303, § 1; T.C.A., § 47-18-401 .
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-105 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 11 / Section 66-11-105
Extent of lien - Removal of property
Status: in_force

(a) The lien shall extend to, and only to, the owner's right, title or interest in the real property and improvements on the real property existing at the time of the visible commencement of operations or thereafter acquired or constructed. (b) If any part of the real property or improvements subject to the lien is removed by the owner or any other person at any time before discharge of the lien, the removal shall not affect the rights of the lienor either in respect to the real property and improvements or the part so removed. Code 1932, § 7916; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1105; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 5.
(a) The lien shall extend to, and only to, the owner's right, title or interest in the real property and improvements on the real property existing at the time of the visible commencement of operations or thereafter acquired or constructed.
(b) If any part of the real property or improvements subject to the lien is removed by the owner or any other person at any time before discharge of the lien, the removal shall not affect the rights of the lienor either in respect to the real property and improvements or the part so removed.
Code 1932, § 7916; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1105; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 5.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-16-102 — TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 16 / Section 66-16-102
Sale of articles - Notice to customer
Status: in_force

(a) If a garment or article left with a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner for laundering or dry cleaning is not redeemed by the customer within ninety (90) days, the launderer or dry cleaner may, without liability or responsibility for the article or garment, dispose of it at a public or private sale or in any other manner; provided, that the launderer or dry cleaner has notified the customer by registered letter mailed to the customer's last known address that the article or garment will be disposed of unless it is redeemed within thirty (30) days from the date of the letter. (b) If a garment or article left with a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner for laundering or dry cleaning is not redeemed by the customer within one hundred eighty (180) days, the launderer or dry cleaner may, without any liability or responsibility for the article or garment, and without notification to the customer, dispose of the article or garment in any manner suitable to the launderer or dry cleaner. Acts 1990, ch. 778, § 1; T.C.A., § 66-16-108 .
(a) If a garment or article left with a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner for laundering or dry cleaning is not redeemed by the customer within ninety (90) days, the launderer or dry cleaner may, without liability or responsibility for the article or garment, dispose of it at a public or private sale or in any other manner; provided, that the launderer or dry cleaner has notified the customer by registered letter mailed to the customer's last known address that the article or garment will be disposed of unless it is redeemed within thirty (30) days from the date of the letter.
(b) If a garment or article left with a retail launderer or retail dry cleaner for laundering or dry cleaning is not redeemed by the customer within one hundred eighty (180) days, the launderer or dry cleaner may, without any liability or responsibility for the article or garment, and without notification to the customer, dispose of the article or garment in any manner suitable to the launderer or dry cleaner.
Acts 1990, ch. 778, § 1; T.C.A., § 66-16-108 .