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TN Code § 66-5-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-204. Liability for Errors or Omissions — Experts' Reports

  The owner shall not be liable for any error, inaccuracy or omission of any information delivered pursuant to this part if:  The error, inaccuracy or omission was not within the actual knowledge of the owner or was based upon information provided by public agencies or by other persons providing information as specified in subsection (b) that is required to be disclosed pursuant to this part, or the owner reasonably believed the information to be correct; and   The owner was not grossly negligent in obtaining the information from a third party and transmitting it.     The delivery by a public agency or other person, as described in subsection (c), of any information required to be disclosed by this part to a prospective purchaser shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this part, and shall relieve the owner of any further duty under this part with respect to that item of information.   The delivery by the owner of a report or opinion prepared by a licensed engineer, land surveyor, geologist, wood destroying insect control expert, contract or other home inspection expert, dealing with matters within the scope of the professional license or expertise, shall satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) if the information is provided to the owner pursuant to request therefor, whether written or oral. In responding to such a request, an expert may indicate, in writing, an understanding that the information provided will be used in fulfilling the requirements of this part and, if so, shall indicate the required disclosure or portions thereof, to which the information being furnished is applicable. Where such a statement is furnished, the expert shall not be responsible for any items of information, or portions thereof, other than those expressly set forth in this statement.
TN Code § 66-5-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-205. Liability for Changed Circumstances

 If information disclosed in accordance with this part is subsequently rendered or discovered to be inaccurate as a result of any act, occurrence, information received, circumstance or agreement subsequent to the delivery of the required disclosures, the inaccuracy resulting therefrom does not constitute a violation of this part; provided, however, that at or before closing, the owner shall be required to disclose any material change in the physical condition of the property or certify to the purchaser at closing that the condition of the property is substantially the same as it was when the disclosure form was provided. If, at the time the disclosures are required to be made, an item of information required to be disclosed is unknown or not available to the owner, the owner may state that the information is unknown or may use an approximation of the information; provided, that the approximation is clearly identified as such, is reasonable, is based on the actual knowledge of the owner and is not used for the purpose of circumventing or evading this part.
TN Code § 66-5-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-206. Duties of Real Estate Licensees

 A real estate licensee representing an owner of residential real property as the listing broker has a duty to inform each such owner represented by that licensee of the owner's rights and obligations under this part. A real estate licensee representing a purchaser of residential real property or, if the purchaser is not represented by a licensee, the real estate licensee representing an owner of residential real estate and dealing with the purchaser has a duty to inform each such purchaser of the purchaser's rights and obligations under this part. If a real estate licensee performs those duties, the licensee shall have no further duties to the parties to a residential real estate transaction under this part, and shall not be liable to any party to a residential real estate transaction for a violation of this part or for any failure to disclose any information regarding any real property subject to this part. However, a cause of action for damages or equitable remedies may be brought against a real estate licensee for intentionally misrepresenting or defrauding a purchaser. A real estate licensee will further be subject to a cause of action for damages or equitable relief for failing to disclose adverse facts of which the licensee has actual knowledge or notice. “Adverse facts” means conditions or occurrences generally recognized by competent licensees that significantly reduce the structural integrity of improvements to real property, or present a significant health risk to occupants of the property.
TN Code § 66-5-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-207. Liability for Nondisclosure of Communicable Diseases or Criminal Acts on Property

 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this part, or any other statute or regulation, no cause of action shall arise against an owner or a real estate licensee for failure to disclose that an occupant of the subject real property, whether or not such real property is subject to this part, was afflicted with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other disease which has been determined by medical evidence to be highly unlikely to be transmitted through the occupancy of a dwelling place, or that the real property was the site of:   An act or occurrence which had no effect on the physical structure of the real property, its physical environment or the improvements located thereon; or   A homicide, felony or suicide.
TN Code § 66-5-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-209. Exempt Property Transfers

 The following are specifically excluded from this part:   Transfers pursuant to court order including, but not limited to, transfers ordered by a court in the administration of an estate, transfers pursuant to a writ of execution, transfers by foreclosure sale, transfers by a trustee in bankruptcy, transfers by eminent domain and transfers resulting from a decree of specific performance;   Transfers to a beneficiary of a deed of trust by a trustor or successor in interest who is in default; transfers by a trustee under a deed of trust pursuant to a foreclosure sale; or transfers by a beneficiary under a deed of trust who has acquired the real property at a sale conducted pursuant to a foreclosure sale under a deed of trust or has acquired the real property by a deed in lieu of foreclosure;   Transfers by a fiduciary in the course of the administration of a decedent's estate, guardianship, conservatorship or trust;   Transfers from one (1) or more co-owners solely to one (1) or more co-owners. This subdivision (4) is intended to apply and only does apply in situations where ownership is by a tenancy by the entirety, a joint tenancy or a tenancy in common and the transfer will be made from one (1) or more of the owners to another owner or co-owners holding property either as a joint tenancy, tenancy in common or tenancy by the entirety;   Transfers made solely to any combination of a spouse or a person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of one (1) or more of the transferors;   Transfers between spouses resulting from a decree of divorce or a property settlement stipulation;   Transfers made by virtue of the record owner's failure to pay any federal, state or local taxes;   Transfers to or from any governmental entity of public or quasi-public housing authority or agency;   Transfers involving the first sale of a dwelling provided that the builder offers a written warranty;   Any property sold at public auction;   Any transfer of property where the owner has not resided on the property at any time within three (3) years prior to the date of transfer; and   Any transfer from a debtor in a chapter 7 or a chapter 13 bankruptcy to a creditor or third party by a deed in lieu of foreclosure or by a quitclaim deed.
TN Code § 66-5-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-211. Disclosure of Impact Fees or Adequate Facilities Taxes — Definitions

  In transfers involving the first sale of a dwelling, the owner of residential property shall furnish to the purchaser a statement disclosing the amount of any impact fees or adequate facilities taxes paid to any city or county on any parcel of land subject to transfer by sale, exchange, installment land sales contract, or lease with an option to buy.   For the purpose of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Adequate facilities tax” means any privilege tax that is a development tax, by whatever name, imposed by a county or city, pursuant to any act of general or local application, on engaging in the act of development;   “Development” means the construction, building, reconstruction, erection, extension, betterment, or improvement of land providing a building or structure, or the addition to any building or structure or any part of any building or structure that provides, adds to, or increases the floor area of a residential or nonresidential use; and   “Impact fee” means a monetary charge imposed by a county or municipal government pursuant to any act of general or local application, to regulate new development on real property. The amount of impact fees are related to the costs resulting from the new development and the revenues for this fee are earmarked for investment in the area of the new development.
TN Code § 66-5-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-212. Disclosure of Known Percolation Tests or Soil Absorption Rates — Disclosure of Foundation Move — Disclosure of Presence of Sinkhole

  In addition to any other disclosure required by this part, the seller shall, prior to entering into a contract with a buyer, disclose in the contract itself or in writing, including acknowledgement of receipt, the presence of any known exterior injection well and the results of any known percolation test or soil absorption rate performed on the property that is determined or accepted by the department of environment and conservation.   Prior to entering into a contract with a buyer on or after May 20, 2009, the seller shall, where such information is known to the seller, also disclose in the same manner whether any single family residence located on the property has been moved from an existing foundation to another foundation.    In addition to any other disclosure required by this part, the seller shall, prior to entering into a contract with a buyer, disclose in the contract or in writing, including acknowledgment of receipt, the presence of a known sinkhole on the property.   For purposes of this section, “sinkhole”:      Means a subterranean void created by the dissolution of limestone or dolostone strata resulting from groundwater erosion, causing a surface subsidence of soil, sediment, or rock; and   Is indicated through the contour lines on the property's recorded plat map.
TN Code § 66-5-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property|Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures|§ 66-5-213. Disclosure Requirement Where Property Is Located in a Planned Unit Development

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Bylaws” mean guidelines for the operation of a homeowner's association that define the duties of the various offices of the board of directors, the terms of the directors, the membership's voting rights, required meetings and notices of meetings and the principal office of the association, as well as other specific items that are necessary to run the homeowner's association as a business;   “Planned unit development (PUD)” means an area of land, controlled by one (1) or more landowners, to be developed under unified control or unified plan of development for a number of dwelling units, commercial, educational, recreational or industrial uses, or any combination of these, the plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of use, density, lot coverage, open space or other restrictions to the existing land use regulations; and   “Restrictive covenant” means any written provision that places limitations or conditions on some aspect of use of the property, such as size, location or height of structures, materials to be used in structure exterior, activities carried out on the property or restrictions on future subdivision or land development.     In addition to any other disclosures required in this part with regard to transfers described in § 66-5-201, the owner of the residential property shall, prior to entering a contract with a buyer, disclose in the contract itself or in writing, including acknowledgement, if the property is located in a PUD, and make available to the buyer a copy of the development's restrictive covenants, homeowner bylaws and master deed upon request.
TN Code § 66-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 1 - Preservation Restrictions|§ 66-9-101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Historically significant” means any structure more than fifty (50) years old; and   “Preservation restriction” means a right, whether or not stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land or in any order of taking, appropriate to preservation of either a structure or a structure and the land upon which such structure is located, historically significant for its architecture or archaeology, to prohibit or limit any or all of the following:  Alterations in exterior or interior features of the structure;   Changes in appearance or condition of the land upon which such structure is located;   Uses not historically appropriate; or   Other acts or uses detrimental to appropriate preservation of the structure, or land upon which such structure is located.
TN Code § 66-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 1 - Preservation Restrictions|§ 66-9-102. Enforceability of Preservation Restrictions

 No preservation restriction held by any governmental body or by any nonprofit corporation or trust not for profit shall be unenforceable because of lack of privity of estate or contract, or lack of benefit to particular land, or assignability of the benefit.
TN Code § 66-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 1 - Preservation Restrictions|§ 66-9-103. Enforcement of Preservation Restriction — Entry on Land — Recovery of Damages

 A preservation restriction may be enforced by injunction or other proceeding in equity, and shall entitle representatives of the holder of such restriction to enter the land in a reasonable manner and at reasonable times to assure compliance. Nothing in this section shall prevent the holder from also recovering any damages to which the holder may otherwise be entitled.
TN Code § 66-9-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Solar Access Law of 1979.”
TN Code § 66-9-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-202. Legislative Findings and Declarations

 The general assembly finds that the use of solar energy can help reduce reliance on depletable energy resources such as oil, natural gas and coal, and that solar energy development should, therefore, be encouraged. Further, that as the use of solar energy systems increases, the possibility of future shading of such systems by buildings or vegetation will also increase. Therefore, the general assembly declares that solar easements may be established to allow the owner of a solar energy system to negotiate for assurance of continued access to sunlight. The general assembly further finds that encouragement and protection of solar energy systems is a valid objective which counties and municipalities may consider in promulgating zoning regulations.
TN Code § 66-9-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-203. “Solar Energy System” Defined

 As used in this part, “solar energy system” means any device, mechanism, structure, apparatus, or part thereof, whose primary purpose is to collect solar energy and convert and store it for useful purposes including heating and cooling buildings or other energy saving processes, or to produce generated power by means of any combination of collecting, transferring, or converting solar generated energy.
TN Code § 66-9-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-204. Instruments Creating Solar Easements — Contents

  Any instrument creating a solar easement shall include, but the contents need not be limited to:  A description of the real property subject to the solar easement and a description of the real property benefiting from the solar easement;   The vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees or otherwise, at which the solar easement extends over the real property subject to the solar easement;   Any terms or conditions, or both, under which the solar easement is granted or will terminate;   Any provisions for compensation of the owner of the property benefiting from the solar easement in the event of interference with the enjoyment of the solar easement or compensation of the owner of the property subject to the solar easement for maintaining the solar easement; and   The period of time for which the easement shall run.     The office of energy programs of the department of environment and conservation, pursuant to powers granted in §§ 4-3-510 and 4-3-512(8), is directed to prepare a sample solar easement instrument for use in this state.
TN Code § 66-9-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-205. Easement to Run With the Land — Abandonment of Easement

 A solar easement shall be presumed to run with the land or lands benefited and burdened, unless the parties to the easement provide otherwise in writing, and shall be deemed to pass with the property when title is transferred unless stated to the contrary in § 66-9-204(a)(3). Any solar easements granted under this part may be abandoned in the same manner as other easements as provided by law.
TN Code § 66-9-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979|§ 66-9-206. Writing and Recordation Required

 Any easement obtained pursuant to this part shall be in writing and shall be recorded with the register of deeds in the county in which the land is situated.
TN Code § 66-9-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Conservation Easement Act of 1981.”
TN Code § 66-9-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-302. Legislative Findings

 It is the finding of the general assembly that the protection of the state's land, water, geological, biological, historical, architectural, archaeological, cultural, and scenic resources is desirable for the purposes of maintaining and preserving the state's natural and cultural heritage, and for assuring the maintenance of the state's natural and social diversity and health, and for encouraging the wise management of productive farm and forest land.
TN Code § 66-9-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-304. Easement Severed From Fee — Right of Entry

  A conservation easement shall remain severed from the fee unless returned by specific conveyance to the holder of the fee.   Conservation easements may contain public use clauses.   The holder of a conservation easement shall maintain the right of entry at reasonable times for inspection whether or not the easement specifically permits such rights of entry.
TN Code § 66-9-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-305. Acquisition by Public Bodies

  In order to carry out the purposes of this part, any public body or organization may acquire and dispose of interests in land or structures or features thereon in the form of conservation easements. No conservation easement shall be acquired by eminent domain unless such easement is necessary for the accomplishment of a specific public project which has been authorized by statute. Any such acquisition by a state entity shall be subject to approval by the state building commission.   No private nonprofit organization shall exercise a power of eminent domain to acquire an easement under this part even though such organization may otherwise have such power.   Any public body may designate a conservation easement in any real property in which it has an interest, if such property is listed on the National Register or the Tennessee Register, in order to provide protection to and assist in the preservation and protection of such property.   A public body has all powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to others granted by this chapter:  Appropriate or borrow funds and make expenditures necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and   Apply for and accept and utilize grants and any other assistance from the federal government and any other public or private source, to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection with such grants or assistance.
TN Code § 66-9-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-306. Validity of Easement

 No conservation easement shall be held unenforceable because of privity of estate or contract or lack of benefit to any other land, whether or not appurtenant to the servient land. No conservation easement shall be held automatically extinguished because of violation of its terms or frustration of its purposes.
TN Code § 66-9-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants|Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981|§ 66-9-307. Enforcement

  An action affecting any conservation easement granted on or after July 1, 2005, may be brought by:  An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;   A holder of the easement;   A person having third-party right of enforcement;   The attorney general and reporter, if the holder is no longer in existence and there is no third-party right of enforcement; or   A person authorized by other law.     Conservation easements granted before July 1, 2005, may be enforced by the holders or beneficiaries of the easement, or their bona fide representatives, heirs, or assigns.   Conservation easements may be enforced by injunction, proceedings in equity, or actions at law.