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TN Code § 66-24-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-24-118. Deed Endorsements Regarding Deposit of Hazardous Wastes — Definitions

  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:  The hazardous wastes which are disposed of on such property;   The date of the notification of such disposal by the commissioner;   The date of the register's entry or endorsement; and   The official signature of the register.     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 register shall record in the lien books such notifications received from the commissioner.   As used in this section:  “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   “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.     This section is to be administered by the division of solid waste management in the department of environment and conservation.
TN Code § 66-24-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-24-119. Judgments and Writs Affecting Real Estate

 Judgments, attachments, orders, injunctions, and other writs affecting title, use or possession of real estate, issued by any court shall be effective against any person having, or later acquiring, an interest in such property who is not a party to the action wherein such judgment, attachment, order, injunction, or other writ is issued only after an appropriate copy or abstract, or a notice of lis pendens, is recorded in the register's office of the county wherein the property is situated. If an abstract is used, the contents shall be as prescribed in § 25-5-108.
TN Code § 66-24-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-24-120. Development and Sale of Real Property for Residential or Commercial Purposes in a Manner Exempt From Municipal or County Subdivision Regulations — Required Recording of Boundary Survey — Failure to Comply

  If any person develops real property for residential or commercial purposes in a manner which exempts such development from the subdivision regulations of any county or municipality and then sells, transfers or enters into agreements or contracts for the sale of more than two (2) parcels of real property in such development in any calendar year, then such person must record a boundary survey showing the proposed development of the land within thirty (30) days of the sale of the second such parcel of real property.   Prima facie evidence of such development includes, but is not limited to, the construction of buildings, the opening of private driveways or the extension of utility services.   There is hereby created a civil cause of action for failure to record a boundary survey showing the proposed development of land as provided in this section for any person who discovers such noncompliance. A prevailing plaintiff shall be entitled to liquidated damages in an amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or the cost of obtaining a survey on such property, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.   This section shall only apply in counties having a population of not less than twenty-one thousand five hundred seventy-five (21,575) nor more than twenty-one thousand six hundred seventy-five (21,675) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 66-24-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-24-121. Name, Address and License Number of Surveyor Required on Certain Instruments for Registration — Exceptions — Failure to Comply

  No deed of conveyance of real property, except for a deed of trust or mortgage, shall be prepared unless there is included at the end of the legal description the name, license number and address of the surveyor who prepared the boundary survey from which the description was prepared. However, if no boundary survey was made at the time of conveyance and the legal description is different from the previous deed of record, the source of the new description shall be indicated. If the legal description is the same as in the previous deed of record, it shall be so stated.   A failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of the registration of any registered instrument.
TN Code § 66-24-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-24-122. Parcel Identification Number or Affidavit Required on Deed

  A deed or other instrument transferring ownership of real property, but not including a deed of trust or mortgage, shall indicate the parcel identification number assigned by the county assessor of property or a sworn affidavit that such information was requested from the assessor and was not furnished promptly. The registrar of deeds shall accept no deed or other such instrument for recordation unless such information or affidavit is contained on the deed or other such instrument.   Nothing contained within this section shall be construed to affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. If a deed or other instrument is accepted for recordation which does not contain the required parcel identification number or affidavit as aforementioned, then the deed or instrument shall be recorded, and the absence of such number or statement shall in no way affect the preference, priority or legal validity of such deed or other evidence of transfer or the legal validity of the recording of the deed or instrument.   Nothing contained within this section shall be construed to affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. If, through error of the registrar of deeds, a deed or other evidence is accepted for recordation and does not contain the required parcel identification number or derivation clause, then the deed or instrument shall be recorded, and the absence of such number or clause shall in no way affect the preference, priority or legal validity of such deed or other evidence of transfer.
TN Code § 66-24-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.”
TN Code § 66-24-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-202. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Digitized image” means an electronic document that is created as an electronic copy of a paper document that accurately depicts the information on the paper document and is unalterable;   “Document” means information that is:  Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and   Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county register;     “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;   “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the county register in an electronic form;   “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document;   “Paper document” means a document that is received by the county register of deeds in a form that is not electronic;   “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;   “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and   “Wet Signature” means a signature affixed in ink or pencil or other material to a paper document.
TN Code § 66-24-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-203. Validity of Electronic Documents

  If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this part.   If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature or a digitized image of a wet signature.   A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature or a digitized image of a wet signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.    A county register may receive for registration any electronic document that is created by making a digitized image of an original paper document that is eligible for registration, and beginning July 1, 2007, has the certification required by § 66-24-101(d).   All recordings of electronic documents eligible for registration pursuant to this subsection (d) are validly registered when accepted for recording by the county register. Electronic documents registered by county registers prior to July 1, 2007, shall be considered validly registered.
TN Code § 66-24-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-204. Authority of County Register

  A county register:  Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the information systems council established under § 4-3-5501;   May receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;   May provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;   Who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index;   May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;   May convert into electronic form information recorded before the county register began to record electronic documents;   May accept electronically any fee or tax that the county register is authorized to collect;   May agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes; and   May refuse to record any document transmitted electronically to the county register for recording under this part on and after July 1, 2007, that does not comply with § 66-24-101.     Any electronic documents or digitized images accepted by the county register prior to July 1, 2007, are deemed to be recorded properly and to impart constructive notice.
TN Code § 66-24-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-205. Administration and Standards

  The information systems council shall adopt standards to implement this part.   To keep the standards and practices of county registers in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part and to keep the technology used by county registers in this state compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, the information systems council so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this part, in adopting, amending, and repealing standards shall consider:  Standards and practices of other jurisdictions;   The most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Property Records Industry Association;   The views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities;   The needs of counties of varying size, population, and resources; and   Standards requiring adequate information security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved, and resistant to tampering.
TN Code § 66-24-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments|Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|§ 66-24-206. County Registers Not Required to Receive Electronic Documents

 Nothing in this part, or any other law, shall be construed to require county registers to receive a document electronically.
TN Code § 66-25-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-101. Requirements for Record of Release

  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.   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.
TN Code § 66-25-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-102. Penalty for Failure to Release

  If the holder of any debt secured by real property situated in this state fails to enter a proper release of record after having been fully paid or satisfied within forty-five (45) days from the receipt of a written request from the party making such payment, including, but not limited to, the maker, the mortgagor, the purchaser of the property covered by such instrument or any closing agent or attorney who has collected and transmitted funds for such payment, the holder of the debt shall forfeit to the party making such request the sum of one hundred dollars ($100).   If the indebtedness is not released within the forty-five-day period provided in subsection (a), the party having requested the release shall again request the release, and, if after thirty (30) days from the second request, the indebtedness has not been released, the holder shall forfeit to the party making the request a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).   In the event suit is instituted to collect either or both of the forfeitures, the holder shall also be liable to the party instituting suit for all reasonable expenses, attorney fees, and the court costs incurred in the action.
TN Code § 66-25-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-104. Right to Forfeiture Not Lost by Transfer of Property

 The right of action for forfeiture provided by §§ 66-25-102 and 66-25-103 shall be considered as a personal right, and shall not be lost or waived by the sale of the property covered by the mortgage, or deed of trust, or other lien before a demand was made for a release on the records.
TN Code § 66-25-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-105. Partial or Full Payment — Extent of Satisfaction and Discharge

 A partial or full payment to the mortgage lender of record on a debt secured by a mortgage or deed of trust shall be a satisfaction and discharge against the mortgagee, or the assignee or transferee of a debt secured by such instrument, as to the amount of such payment.
TN Code § 66-25-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-115. Costs Paid by Lienor

 All costs of making entry of partial or entire payments upon the record, or for registering a formal release, shall be paid by the holder of the debt secured by the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien.
TN Code § 66-25-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 1 - In General|§ 66-25-116. Release or Modification of Lien by Holder of Indebtedness

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any mortgage, deed of trust, deed, or other instrument securing a debt, may be released or modified by the legal holder of the debt secured thereby without the necessity of execution of the release instrument, marginal release, or modification instrument or joinder therein by the trustee under a deed of trust or by other party holding legal title similar to that of the trustee under a deed of trust.
TN Code § 66-25-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-201. Marginal Release Authorized

 The release on satisfaction of any debt, contract or obligation, secured by mortgage or deed of trust, liens retained upon the face of any deed or conveyance, or any other lien, evidenced by written instrument, probated and registered according to law, and the discharge of any such mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien, may be acknowledged by the payee, creditor, obligee, or holder of such debt, contract, or obligation, or by such person's true and lawful assignee, or by the personal representative of such holder, or the assignee of such representative, by an entry, subscribed in the presence of the register of the county where any such instrument is lawfully registered, on the margin of the record thereof, or by execution in like manner of a statement of release in substantially the form prescribed in § 66-25-202 that may be recorded as a written release to allow for effecting the equivalent of a marginal release where microfilming or photocopy or other permanent recording processes are used, and where so done, the statement of release shall be filed and recorded by the register; provided, that the register is personally acquainted with such holder or person making such release, and shall subscribe the same as a witness, in authentication thereof, which the register's official signature shall conclusively imply. Any such entry, when made in accordance with §§ 66-25-201 — 66-25-203, shall have the same effect as a deed of release or quitclaim, duly executed by the person making the release, authenticated and registered.
TN Code § 66-25-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-202. Form of Marginal Release

 The release may be in substantially the following form:   I (or we),  , declare that I am (or we are) the true and lawful holder (or holders) of the claim (or part of the claim, and specifying what part) secured by the instrument within recorded, and hereby acknowledge the satisfaction thereof and discharge of the lien to secure the same in full (or if one (1) part, or partial amount, state what part). This  day of  A.D. Attest as to A.B.; C.D., Register.
TN Code § 66-25-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-203. Execution of Marginal Release — Fee

 The entry, except the signature of the person making the release and the attesting signature of the register or the register's deputy, shall be either in the handwriting of the register or the register's deputy or by stamp or both; provided, that the register may charge and collect for the register's services in making the entry, and officially authenticating the same, the sum of three dollars ($3.00).
TN Code § 66-25-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-204. Marginal Release as Part of Record — Certified Copies

  Such marginal entry shall, from the time it is made, constitute a part of the record pertaining to such instrument, and shall constitute a part of any transcript of the same thereafter made and certified. Any person having lawful custody of the original instrument, with its certificate of registration, or of a certified transcript made before the release was recorded, may apply to the register who shall on payment of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) certify a true copy thereof upon the original instrument or certified copy previously made.   The release, duly certified in any of the methods mentioned in this section, shall be received in evidence in any court in any matter or litigation wherein the same may be material.
TN Code § 66-25-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-205. Production of Instrument Evidencing Indebtedness Before Entry of Marginal Release

 Any person appearing before the register for the purpose of making a release or partial release of any lien, on the margin opposite any such instrument of record in any book in the registry, shall produce and exhibit to the register, at the time of applying for such release, the original note or other instrument evidencing the indebtedness secured by the lien, or file an affidavit excusing the production thereof upon the ground that same has been lost, destroyed or mislaid, unintentionally.
TN Code § 66-25-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments|Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens|§ 66-25-206. Endorsement as to Marginal Release on Face of Instrument

  It is the duty of the register, or the register's deputy, in case such original instrument is produced, to write or stamp, or both, across its face, and to sign officially, a certificate, properly dated, showing that the same has been released, wholly or partially, as the case may be, and specifying the book and page where the release appears.   The certificate may be, substantially, in the following form:  The lien securing this instrument was duly released (in whole or in part, specifying the extent), as appears of record in Deed Book (or Trust Book)  , page  , in the office of the undersigned.   This  day of  , 20 .   County Register