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TN Code § 29-17-712 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 7 - Action in Rem|§ 29-17-712. Recording of Decree

  When such condemnation is fully completed, the award, whether made by a jury of view or the verdict of a jury, together with the decree of the court based thereon and a minute description of the property or interest condemned, or a duly certified copy of such award, decree and description, may be filed and recorded in the records of deeds in the office of the register of the county where the land so condemned lies, and if the land lies in more than one (1) county, such filing and recording may be made in each county in which such land lies.   The register shall be entitled to the same fees for such filing and recording as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed by law for the filing and recording of deeds; such fees to be paid by the party in whose favor such condemnation is had.
TN Code § 29-17-713 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 7 - Action in Rem|§ 29-17-713. Provisions Supplemental

 This part shall not be construed as repealing any provisions of other statutes prescribing a method of procedure for the condemnation of private property, but as supplementary thereto and cumulative thereof in cases in which the state or any county or the United States is concerned, and is intended to make simpler and more effective the method of condemnation in those cases where conflicting interests or doubtful questions render a judicial supervision of the procedure desirable. In all particulars not otherwise herein specially provided for, the court shall conform its procedure as nearly as may be to the provisions of the statute and the same shall remain in force.
TN Code § 29-17-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 8 - Payments Into Court|§ 29-17-801. Payments Into Court at Commencement of Condemnation Proceedings

  When a governmental entity or other person or entity with the power of eminent domain deems it necessary to condemn any property or property rights pursuant to this chapter or chapter 16 of this title, it shall deposit the amount determined by the required appraisal with the clerk of the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county in which the property or property rights, or a portion of the property or property rights, is located, and shall file a petition in the court asking that the property or property rights be condemned and decreed to the condemner.   The payment into court shall in no way limit or fix the amount to be allowed under subsequent proceedings in such case, and any further or additional sum that may be finally awarded in any subsequent proceedings shall bear interest from the date of the taking of possession of the property or property rights condemned by the condemner.
TN Code § 29-17-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 8 - Payments Into Court|§ 29-17-802. Certain Authorities Excepted

 Section 29-17-801 shall apply only to condemnation proceedings instituted by the state of Tennessee, its counties, or municipalities, and shall not apply to any housing authority, association, or administration.
TN Code § 29-17-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-901. Eminent Domain for State, County or Municipal Road Purposes and for Certain Levee and Drainage Districts — Supplementary Condemnation Procedure for Counties and Municipalities

   The state of Tennessee, its counties or municipalities are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, in the manner hereinafter set out, such right-of-way, land, material, easements and rights as may be deemed necessary, suitable or desirable for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, drainage or protection of any street, road, highway, freeway or parkway by the official charged by law with the construction or maintenance of the same.   Levee and drainage districts located in counties with a population of not less than thirty thousand (30,000) nor more than thirty-one thousand (31,000) according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, created pursuant to title 69, chapter 6, are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, in the manner hereinafter set out, such right-of-way, land, material, easements and rights as may be deemed necessary, suitable or desirable to construct levees, ditches, drains or watercourses, or to straighten, widen, deepen, or change natural watercourses in such districts.     Sections 29-17-902 — 29-17-914 shall also be deemed, unless expressly stated to the contrary, and without incorporation or reference, to be a part of every section, or legislative act, present or future, which grants the power of condemnation to counties and municipalities for county and municipal purposes respectively, and the making of compensation in the manner therein set forth shall also be so implied; provided, that either party, upon filing a statement to that effect within five (5) days of the service or publication of the original petition, may elect to proceed under chapter 16 of this title or this chapter.
TN Code § 29-17-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-902. Deposit of Amount of Damages

 When a governmental entity or a levee or drainage district authorized to condemn by § 29-17-901(a)(2) deems it necessary or desirable to condemn any property or property rights as set out in § 29-17-901, it shall proceed to determine what it deems to be the amount of damages to which the owner is entitled because of the taking of such property or property rights, and shall deposit such amount with the clerk of the circuit or law court having jurisdiction in the county in which the same or a portion of the same is located, and shall file a petition in such court asking that the same be condemned and decreed to the condemner.
TN Code § 29-17-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-903. Payments Into Court at Commencement of Condemnation Proceedings — Notice — Possession of Property

  When a governmental entity or other person or entity with the power of eminent domain deems it necessary to condemn any property or property rights pursuant to this chapter or chapter 16 of this title, it shall deposit the amount determined by the required appraisal with the clerk of the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county in which the property or property rights, or a portion of the property or property rights, is located, and shall file a petition in the court asking that the same be condemned and decreed to the condemner.   The payment into court shall in no way limit or fix the amount to be allowed under subsequent proceedings in the case, and any further or additional sum that may be finally awarded in any subsequent proceedings shall bear interest from the date of the taking of possession of the property or property rights condemned by the condemner.   Notice of the filing of such petition shall be given the owner of the property or property rights at least thirty (30) days prior to the taking of any additional steps in the case. If the owner is a nonresident of the state or unknown, notice shall be given by publication as provided by law in similar cases in chancery.   After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the giving of such notice if the right to take is not questioned, the condemner shall have the right to take possession of the property or property rights sought to be condemned, and if necessary to place such condemner in possession thereof, the court shall issue a writ of possession to the sheriff of the county to put the condemner in possession.
TN Code § 29-17-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-904. Acceptance by Property Owner of Amount Deposited

 If the owner is satisfied with the amount deposited by the condemner with the clerk of the court, the owner may file with the clerk a statement, duly sworn to, stating that the filer is the owner of the property or property rights described in the petition and that the owner accepts the amount deposited with the clerk as full settlement for the taking of such property or property rights and all damages occasioned to the residue of the property, and the clerk shall pay to the owner the amount deposited with the clerk, and the court, at its next term, shall enter a decree divesting the title to the property or property rights out of the owner and vesting the same in the condemner.
TN Code § 29-17-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-905. Trial When Property Owner Does Not Accept Deposit

 If the owner is not satisfied with the amount assessed by the condemner, the owner shall, on or before the second day of the regular term of the court next, after the serving of such notice, appear, except to the amount assessed by the condemner, and thereupon a trial may be had before a petit jury as other civil actions are tried.
TN Code § 29-17-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-906. Payment of Amount Deposited Pending Trial

 If the owner asks for a trial as provided by § 29-17-905, the owner may, if desired, make written request to the clerk to pay to the owner, without prejudice to the rights of either party, the sum so deposited with the clerk, and the clerk shall pay to the owner the sum so deposited; provided the owner agrees to refund the difference between such sum and the final award in the case if the final award be less than the sum so paid to the owner or that a judgment may be entered against the owner in such case for the difference.
TN Code § 29-17-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-907. Default of Owner — Case Set for Hearing

 If the owner does not appear and accept the amount deposited by the condemner as provided in § 29-17-904 or does not appear and ask for a trial as provided by § 29-17-905, then the petition shall be taken as confessed and the case set for hearing upon the record and in the absence of the owner.
TN Code § 29-17-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-908. Issues Confined to Amount of Compensation — Determination of Rights and Interest of Adverse Claimants

 The only issue or question that shall be tried upon exception shall be the amount of compensation to be paid for the property or property rights taken, but in case of adverse claimants of such compensation, the court may require the adverse claimants to interplead, so as to fully determine the rights and interests of such claimants.
TN Code § 29-17-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-909. Proper Party Defendant Omitted — Amended Petition

 If any person who is proper party defendant in the petition shall have been omitted from the petition, amendments to the same may be filed, which amendments, from the filing of the same, shall have the same effect as though contained in such petition.
TN Code § 29-17-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-910. Manner of Determining Damages to Which Owner Is Entitled

 In all instances the amount to which an owner is entitled shall be determined by ascertaining the fair cash market value of the property or property rights taken and adding to the same the amount of incidental damage done to the residue of the owner's property, if any, after deducting from the incidental damages to the residue the value of all special benefits, if any, occasioned such residue by the construction of such street, road, highway, levee, ditch, drain, watercourse improvement (when such levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse improvement is condemned pursuant to § 29-17-901(a)(2)), freeway or parkway including, but not limited to, increased accessibility to the owner's property, greater convenience in the approach with vehicles, the advantages generally of a front on a more desirable roadway, better drainage, or increased attractiveness.
TN Code § 29-17-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-911. Removal or Destruction of a Building or Structure on Land

 When any building or structure is situated wholly or in part upon the land sought to be acquired, the condemner may remove the same to adjoining land of the owner or may divide the same upon the line between the land sought to be acquired and the adjoining land, or may tear down or otherwise dispose of the same.
TN Code § 29-17-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-912. Costs of Trial

   If the amount of compensation awarded at the trial shall exceed the amount assessed by the condemner and deposited with the clerk, then the bill of costs prepared by the clerk shall be taxed against the condemner. If the amount of compensation awarded at the trial is not in excess of the amount assessed by the condemner and deposited with the clerk, then the bill of costs prepared by the clerk may be taxed against the defendants.   Rule 54.04, the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, shall govern the taxing of any additional costs.      Notwithstanding subsection (a), the state court having jurisdiction of a proceeding initiated by any person, agency or other entity to acquire real property for the purpose of a public utility or for a road, highway, bridge, or other structure, facility, or project used for public transportation by condemnation shall tax the bill of costs prepared by the clerk against the condemner and shall award the owner of any right, or title to, or interest in, such real property such sum as will in the opinion of the court reimburse such owner for the owner's reasonable disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of condemnation proceedings, only if:  The final judgment is that the acquiring party cannot acquire the real property by condemnation; or   The proceeding is abandoned by the acquiring party.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the state court having jurisdiction of a proceeding initiated by any person, agency, or other entity to acquire real property, which is not being acquired for a public utility or for a road, highway, bridge, or other structure, facility, or project used for public transportation, by condemnation shall tax the bill of costs prepared by the clerk against the condemner and shall award the owner of any right, or title to, or interest in, such real property such sum as will in the opinion of the court reimburse such owner for the owner's reasonable disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees, actually incurred because of condemnation proceedings; provided, that reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded only if:  The final judgment is that the acquiring party cannot acquire the real property by condemnation; or   The proceeding is abandoned by the acquiring party.
TN Code § 29-17-913 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-913. Payment of Judgments — Interest

  All judgments rendered against a municipality, county or the state shall be paid out of the general funds of the municipality, county or state, whichever may be the condemner, together with interest at the rate of two percentage points (2%) greater than the prime loan rate established, as of the date of the taking, by the federal reserve system of the United States on any excess of the amount awarded an owner over the amount deposited with the clerk.   All judgments rendered against a levee or drainage district, which condemns property in accordance with § 29-17-901(a)(2), shall be paid from funds collected as provided in title 69, chapter 6, together with interest at the rate of six percent (6%) on any excess of the amount awarded an owner over the amount deposited with the clerk.
TN Code § 29-17-914 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 9 - Supplementary Method|§ 29-17-914. Provisions Supplemental

 This part is not intended to repeal any existing statute relating to eminent domain, but is intended to be an accumulative or supplementary method of acquiring property by eminent domain proceedings.
TN Code § 29-17-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 29-17-1001. Continuance of Condemnation Trial

 In any case in which the state of Tennessee, its counties or municipalities exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, drainage or protection of any street, road, highway, freeway or parkway under this chapter and chapter 16 of this title or any other law, and the owner of the condemned property is not satisfied with the amount of damages offered, such owner may, upon motion filed with the proper court not less than ninety (90) days prior to the trial on the issue of damages, request that such trial be continued until the highway for which the land was condemned, or any work being done thereto, is completed. If the motion is timely and properly filed, it shall be granted.
TN Code § 29-17-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 29-17-1002. Evidence

 If the trial of any such condemnation case is commenced prior to the completion of the highway for which the land was condemned, or any work being done thereto, maps, drawings or photographs of the land being condemned shall be admissible in evidence, provided the undertaking is substantially complete and such evidence would not misrepresent the same.
TN Code § 29-17-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 29-17-1003. Transfer of Land Acquired by Eminent Domain

  Land acquired by eminent domain that the acquiring entity seeks to dispose of may be sold, leased or otherwise transferred to another public or quasi-public entity or to a private person, corporation or other entity; provided, that the entity transferring the land receives at least fair market value for the land.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to or affect the disposal of the state's surplus interests in real property pursuant to § 12-2-112.
TN Code § 29-17-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 29-17-1004. Appraisal Required in Any Condemnation Proceeding

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in any condemnation proceeding in this state, an appraisal of the property must be obtained. The appraisal shall value the property considering its highest and best use, its use at the time of the taking, and any other uses to which the property is legally adaptable at the time of the taking. Any appraiser making an appraisal must possess the designation Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), or be an otherwise licensed and qualified appraiser under title 62, chapter 39.
TN Code § 29-17-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 17 - Eminent Domain by Public Agencies|Part 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 29-17-1005. Condemned Property to Be Offered for Sale to Former Owner Under Certain Circumstances

  In any case in which a local government exercises the power of eminent domain under this chapter, chapter 16 of this title, or any other law, and the local government determines the property condemned or taken by eminent domain is not used for the purpose or purposes for which it was condemned or for some other authorized public use, or if the local government subsequently decides to sell it within ten (10) years of being condemned or taken, the property shall be first offered for sale to the former property owner or owners from whom the property was condemned or taken.   An agreement to purchase the property for the lesser of the following must be signed by the former property owner or owners within thirty (30) days of receipt of the offer:  The price paid to the former property owner or owners by the local government at the time the local government acquired the property through eminent domain, plus the appraised fair market value of any improvements made to the property after condemnation and an amount equal to the average amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount paid to the former property owner or owners if held in United States treasury bonds; or   An amount representing not less than the fair market value of the property as of the date of the purchase agreement.     If the property is not purchased by the former property owner or owners within thirty (30) days or if no former property owner can be found following a good faith effort by the local government to do so, the property shall be offered for sale in any commercially reasonable manner to the general public for an amount not less than the fair market value, together with costs.    In any case in which a local government exercises the power of eminent domain under this chapter, chapter 16 of this title, or any other law, for a public use, a former property owner may request from the local government a statement of intent for public use no more than once every twenty-four (24) months following the date of the condemnation.   The statement of intent for public use must state the public use for which the local government intends to use the property and a description of the intended plan for any improvements to the property.   Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), if the local government publicly discloses its decision to not use the property for a public use, then a former property owner may immediately request from the local government a new statement of intent for public use.     Rights granted to a former property owner under this section do not transfer to the former property owner's heirs or transfer to any other party.   This section does not apply if compliance is prohibited by federal law.   As used in this section, “local government” means any incorporated city or town, county, or metropolitan government.
TN Code § 29-20-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 20 - Governmental Tort Liability|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 29-20-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act.”