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TN Code § 24-9-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-301. Short Title

 This part may be cited as the “Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.”
TN Code § 24-9-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-302. Part Definitions

 In this part:   “Boundaries of the United States” means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;   “Law” includes the federal or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a rule of court, an executive order, and an administrative rule, regulation, or order;   “Record” 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;   “Sign” means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:  To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or   To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process;     “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;   “Sworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. The term includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate, and affidavit; and   “Unsworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.
TN Code § 24-9-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-303. Applicability of Part

 This part applies to an unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of making the declaration is physically located outside the boundaries of the United States whether or not the location is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This part does not apply to a declaration by a declarant who is physically located on property that is within the boundaries of the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of another country or a federally recognized Indian tribe.
TN Code § 24-9-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-304. Validity of Unsworn Declaration

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if a law of this state requires or permits use of a sworn declaration, an unsworn declaration meeting the requirements of this part has the same effect as a sworn declaration.   This part does not apply to:  A deposition;   An oath of office;   An oath required to be given before a specified official other than a notary public;   A declaration to be recorded pursuant to title 66, chapter 24; or   An oath required by § 32-2-110.
TN Code § 24-9-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-305. Required Medium

 If a law of this state requires that a sworn declaration be presented in a particular medium, an unsworn declaration must be presented in that medium.
TN Code § 24-9-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-306. Form of Unsworn Declaration

 An unsworn declaration under this part must be in substantially the following form:   I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of Tennessee that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Executed on the  day of  ,  , at (date)       (month)      (year)  .(city or other location, and state)  (country) (printed name) (signature)
TN Code § 24-9-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-307. Uniformity of Application and Construction

 In applying and construing this part, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
TN Code § 24-9-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses|Chapter 9 - Depositions|Part 3 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act|§ 24-9-308. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

 This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
TN Code § 26-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-101. Writs to Secure Property

 If a judgment or decree be that the party recover or be put in possession of the specific property, real or personal, the court may carry the same into effect by writ of possession or other process sufficient for the purpose.   Code 1858, § 2997; Shan., § 4727; Code 1932, § 8861; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-101.
TN Code § 26-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-102. Attachment in Nature of Execution

 In all cases where judicial process or execution, according to the principles of the common law, cannot be made to apply to the purpose of carrying into effect any judgment or decree of a court of record, the court may enforce the judgment or decree by attachment for contempt, in the nature of an execution. The proceedings under this writ are the same as are prescribed by this Code for the enforcement of the decrees of the chancery court, in §§ 21-1-801 — 21-1-809.   Code 1858, §§ 3104, 3105 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 22); Shan., §§ 4832, 4833; Code 1932, §§ 8963, 8964; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-102.
TN Code § 26-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-103. Enforcement of Money Judgments

 All judgments and decrees of any of the judicial tribunals of this state for money may be enforced by execution.   Code 1858, § 2998 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 22, § 2); Shan., § 4728; Code 1932, § 8862; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-103.
TN Code § 26-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-104. Property Subject to Execution

 Executions issue against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of the defendant.   Code 1858, § 2999 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 22, § 2; 1794, ch. 1, § 23); Shan., § 4729; Code 1932, § 8863; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-104.
TN Code § 26-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-105. Distringas or Fieri Facias Against Corporate Property

 The party, in whose favor a judgment or decree is rendered against a corporation, may sue out a distringas or fieri facias, to be levied as well on the choses in action as on the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the corporation, and, in case of a levy on choses in action, the court may appoint a receiver to collect the same.   Code 1858, § 3000 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 4); Shan., § 4730; Code 1932, § 8864; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-105.
TN Code § 26-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-106. Execution for Benefit of Executive Officer's Sureties

  Whenever a judgment by motion or action at law is had against a sheriff, coroner, or constable, and the official sureties of such officer, for a failure of duty in and about an execution, and the amount of such judgment has been paid by the sureties, the sureties are entitled, at their cost and risk, to issue an execution for their benefit on the original judgment.   The clerk shall, in such case, endorse upon the execution at whose instance it is sued out, and take from such persons bond with security in a sufficient amount for the costs and damages which may accrue.    Code 1858, §§ 2994, 2995 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 145, § 1); Shan., §§ 4724, 4725; Code 1932, §§ 8858, 8859; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 26-106, 26-107.
TN Code § 26-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-107. Setting Aside Satisfaction After Recovery of Property by Defendant

 In all cases in which property, real or personal, is recovered from the purchaser at execution or master's sale, by the defendant, heirs or representatives of the defendant, or by third persons, the court rendering the judgment or making the sale, may, in its discretion, upon application of such purchaser, and scire facias sued out, set aside the satisfaction entered, and revive the original judgment or decree for the benefit of the purchaser.   Code 1858, § 2996 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 119); Shan., § 4726; Code 1932, § 8860; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-108.
TN Code § 26-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-108. Return of Original Before Issue of Alias Execution

 No alias or pluries execution shall issue until the previous execution is returned, or satisfactorily accounted for by affidavit.   Code 1858, § 3020 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 17); Shan., § 4748; Code 1932, § 8882; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-109.
TN Code § 26-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-109. When Executions Tested

 Court executions are tested the day of issuance.   Code 1858, § 3001; Shan., § 4731; Code 1932, § 8865; Acts 1975, ch. 95, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-110; Acts 1985, ch. 131, § 1.
TN Code § 26-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-110. Garnishee Unable to Identify Defendant

  A garnishee who:  Receives an execution without the defendant's social security number, if an individual, or federal taxpayer identification, if a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity; and   After reasonable effort is otherwise unable to identify the defendant or to distinguish the defendant from other individuals or entities based on the information provided on the execution;  may return the execution with the statement “Defendant cannot be identified or distinguished from information provided on the execution.”      The failure to include a social security number or taxpayer identification number shall not invalidate the execution.
TN Code § 26-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 26-1-111. Suspension of Foreclosure Proceedings for Active Military Personnel

  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a member of a reserve or Tennessee national guard unit entered into a mortgage or deed of trust for the purchase of a home, or a contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle, and the person is subsequently called into active military service of the United States, as defined in § 58-1-102, and is stationed outside the United States during hostilities, then any provision of the contract or mortgage or deed of trust providing for foreclosure on the property or repossession of the motor vehicle shall be suspended until ninety (90) days following the military personnel’s return to this state.     To exercise the benefits of this section, a service member shall, at any time prior to or during deployment, provide a written notice to the holder of the indebtedness stating the following:   The person is a member of the reserve or Tennessee national guard;   The member has been called to active duty;   A copy of the deployment order is attached; and   The anticipated date of return to the state.     In any action to foreclose or repossess as provided in this section, the holder of the indebtedness is entitled to rely on the anticipated date of return or discharge stated in either the deployment order or in the statement provided in subdivision (b)(1)(A)(iv) when seeking to foreclose or repossess.     At any stage before a final foreclosure sale or a final sale of repossessed property under the Uniform Commercial Code, compiled in title 47, Chapters 1 9, the sale shall be stayed; provided, that the service member gives notice as provided in § 202 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. Appx. § 522).     This section shall not apply to a service member who executes a waiver pursuant to § 107 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. Appx. § 517).
TN Code § 26-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 2 - Time for Issuance|§ 26-1-201. Issuance Without Demand

 The clerks of the several courts may issue executions in favor of the successful party on all judgments as soon after the adjournment of the court as practicable within the time prescribed by this code, without any demand of the party.   Code 1858, § 3002; Shan., § 4732; Code 1932, § 8866; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-111; Acts 1985, ch. 131, § 2.
TN Code § 26-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 2 - Time for Issuance|§ 26-1-202. Time of Issuance From Supreme Court

 Each clerk of the supreme court is authorized and directed to issue execution and writ of possession upon any final judgment or decree of the supreme court for such clerk's division at any time after the expiration of the ten (10) days allowed for the filing of petition to rehear after the final judgment or decree is rendered by the court.
TN Code § 26-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 2 - Time for Issuance|§ 26-1-203. Time of Issuance From Courts of Record

 The clerks of the various courts of record may issue writs of possession and execution in any case at any time after thirty (30) days after judgment.   Code 1858, § 3005; Acts 1868-1869, ch. 47, § 1; 1870-1871, ch. 62, § 1; Shan., § 4734; mod. Code 1932, § 8868; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-113; Acts 1985, ch. 131, § 3.
TN Code § 26-1-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 2 - Time for Issuance|§ 26-1-207. Issuance on Demand

 In all other cases, the clerk shall issue to the plaintiff, the plaintiff's agent or attorney, on demand, an execution on any judgment or decree to which the plaintiff is entitled. Any clerk, who fails or refuses to issue execution as prescribed in this section, forfeits five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by action, and is liable to the party aggrieved in damages, and commits a Class C misdemeanor, for which, upon conviction, such clerk shall be removed from office.   Code 1858, §§ 3013, 3014 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 3, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 4741, 4742; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8875, 8876; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-120; Acts 1989, ch. 519, § 113.
TN Code § 26-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 3 - Endorsement and Docketing|§ 26-1-301. Endorsement on Execution

 The clerk shall endorse on the execution, when issued, the date and amount of the judgment, and the items of the bill of costs, written in words, and the amounts distinctly stated in figures, and the date of issuance.   Code 1858, § 3015 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 9; 1796, ch. 7, § 9; 1803, ch. 6, § 2); Shan., § 4743; Code 1932, § 8877; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-121.
TN Code § 26-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 3 - Endorsement and Docketing|§ 26-1-302. Docket Entry

 The clerk shall also enter upon the execution docket the date of the issuance of such execution, and to what county and officer issued; the return of the officer, with the date of such return; the dates and amounts of all moneys received into or paid out of the office thereon; the entries to be made at the time of the issuance, receipt, or payment, as the case may be.   Code 1858, § 3016 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 4744; Code 1932, § 8878; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-122.   Law Reviews.   Enforcing Money Judgments in Tennessee (Lonnie C. Rich), 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 65.
TN Code § 26-1-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 3 - Endorsement and Docketing|§ 26-1-303. Penalties for Failure to Endorse or Docket

 Any clerk neglecting § 26-1-301 or § 26-1-302 is liable to a penalty of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), to be recovered by action, one-half (½) to the informer and the other one-half (½) to the state, to damages at the suit of the party aggrieved, and commits a Class C misdemeanor, for which, on conviction, such clerk shall be removed from office.   Code 1858, § 3017 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 9); Shan., § 4745; Code 1932, § 8879; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-123; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 26-1-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 3 - Endorsement and Docketing|§ 26-1-304. Endorsement by Executive Officer

  The officer to whom an execution is legally issued, shall, in like manner, endorse thereon the day on which such officer received it, any levy, sale or other act done by virtue thereof, with the date, and the dates and amounts of any receipts or payments in satisfaction thereof, the endorsements to be made at the time of the receipt or act done.   Any officer, who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section, forfeits one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to any person who will sue therefor, and also commits a Class C misdemeanor, for which, on conviction, such officer may be removed from office.    Code 1858, §§ 3018, 3019 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 9); Shan., §§ 4746, 4747; Code 1932, §§ 8880, 8881; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-124; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 26-1-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 4 - Return|§ 26-1-401. When Executions Returnable

  All executions issuing from the supreme court, court of appeals, circuit, chancery, criminal and special courts shall be returnable within thirty (30) days after the date of their issuance.   All general sessions executions shall be returnable within thirty (30) days after the date of their issuance either to the court that issued them or to the court that has possession of the original judgment.    Code 1858, §§ 3021-3024 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 6, § 10; ch. 17, § 4; Acts 1837-1838, ch. 190, § 2); Shan., §§ 4749-4752; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8883-8886; Acts 1955, ch. 270, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 26-125—26-128; Acts 1985, ch. 131, § 4.
TN Code § 26-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General|Part 4 - Return|§ 26-1-402. Duties of Executing Officer

 Every sheriff or other officer to whose hands an execution may legally come shall give a receipt therefor, if required, and make sufficient return thereof, together with the money collected, on or before the return day as prescribed in § 26-1-401.   Code 1858, § 3025 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 190, § 1); Shan., § 4753; Code 1932, § 8887; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-129.
TN Code § 26-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 2 - Exemptions—garnishment|Part 1 - Exemptions|§ 26-2-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Personal Property Owner's Rights and Garnishment Act of 1978.”
TN Code § 26-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 2 - Exemptions—garnishment|Part 1 - Exemptions|§ 26-2-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Earnings” means the compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program;   “Disposable earnings” means that part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld; and   “Garnishment” means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of an individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt.
TN Code § 26-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 2 - Exemptions—garnishment|Part 1 - Exemptions|§ 26-2-103. Personal Property Selectively Exempt From Seizure; Exception

  Personal property to the aggregate value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) debtor's equity interest shall be exempt from execution, seizure or attachment in the hands or possession of any person who is a bona fide citizen permanently residing in Tennessee, and such person shall be entitled to this exemption without regard to the debtor's vocation or pursuit or to the ownership of the debtor's abode. Such person may select for exemption the items of the owned and possessed personal property, including money and funds on deposit with a bank or other financial institution, up to the aggregate value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) debtor's equity interest.   An item shall not be eligible, in whole or in part, for the personal property exemption provided by this part, if the item has been purchased with or maintained by fraudulently obtained funds or if ownership of the item has been maintained using fraudulently obtained funds. A court shall be required to find by a preponderance of the evidence that an item was purchased with or maintained by funds obtained by defrauding another person or that ownership of an item was maintained by funds obtained by defrauding another person in order to disqualify the item from eligibility for the personal property exemption.
TN Code § 26-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 26 - Execution|Chapter 2 - Exemptions—garnishment|Part 1 - Exemptions|§ 26-2-104. Additional Personal Property Absolutely Exempt

  In addition to the exemption set out in § 26-2-105, there shall be further exempt to every resident debtor the following specific articles of personalty:  All necessary and proper wearing apparel for the actual use of debtor and family and the trunks or receptacles necessary to contain same;   All family portraits and pictures;   The family Bible and school books.     The exemption under this section is absolute, and may be exercised by the judgment debtor before or after issuance of any execution, seizure or attachment by a judgment creditor, unless a judgment creditor, is by execution, foreclosing a security agreement on such property.