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TN Code § 66-27-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 5 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Units Restricted to Residential Purposes|§ 66-27-505. Remedies for Noncompliance

   If the association or declarant, as applicable, fails to provide the information required by § 66-27-503, within the time provided in this section, then the association or declarant, as applicable, shall be liable for and shall pay a fine or penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to the party on whose behalf the request is made, following the first request for the information, and a fine or penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) if not supplied within ten (10) business days following the second request for the information, plus all costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees incurred in obtaining the information or enforcing the fines or penalties, or both, provided for in this section.   In addition, and not in limitation of subdivision (a)(1), neither the purchaser nor any unit owned by the purchaser, shall be liable for any past due assessments that would have been disclosed if the information would have been provided within ten (10) business days following the second request for the information; provided, that the requesting party had no actual knowledge of the past due assessments at the time the unit was acquired by the purchaser.   The fine or penalty, or both, shall not be the exclusive remedy of the aggrieved party, but shall be in addition to all other remedies to which the party shall be entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance.     If at the time of the request for information the declarant is in control of the association or the condominium, or both, then the declarant must provide the information required within ten (10) business days following receipt of a written request for the information, or, if the information is not available at that time, then within ten (10) business days prior to closing. If the information is not provided within that time, then the prospective buyer shall have the right to rescind the contract upon notice to the declarant, or, in the buyer's sole discretion, the buyer may extend the closing date until a date that is ten (10) business days following the date upon which the information is provided, and may seek specific performance of this obligation in a court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred in doing so, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees.
TN Code § 66-27-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 5 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Units Restricted to Residential Purposes|§ 66-27-506. Escrow of Deposits

 Any deposit made in connection with the purchase or reservation of a unit from a declarant shall be placed in escrow and held in this state in an account designated solely for that purpose by a licensed title insurance company or agent of the licensed title insurance company, an attorney, a licensed real estate broker, or an independent bonded escrow company, and shall be deposited in an institution whose accounts are insured by a governmental agency or instrumentality, or any other lawful escrow or trust account, until:   Delivered to the declarant at closing;   Delivered to the declarant because of purchaser's default under a contract to purchase the unit;   Refunded to the purchaser;   Interpleaded into a court of appropriate jurisdiction; or   Disbursed pursuant to a final order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
TN Code § 66-27-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 5 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Units Restricted to Residential Purposes|§ 66-27-507. Conversion Buildings

  A declarant of a condominium containing conversion buildings, who offers units in the condominium, shall give each of the residential tenants and any residential subtenant in possession of a portion of a conversion building notice of the conversion no later than sixty (60) days before the tenants and any subtenant in possession are required to vacate. The notice must set forth generally the rights of tenants and subtenants under this section and shall be hand-delivered to the unit or mailed by prepaid United States mail to the tenant and subtenant at the address of the unit or any other mailing address provided by a tenant. No tenant or subtenant may be required to vacate upon less than sixty (60) days notice, except by reason of nonpayment of rent, waste, conduct that disturbs other tenants' peaceful enjoyment of the premises, unlawful conduct, or other breach of a written lease, and the terms of the tenancy may not be altered during that period. Failure to give notice as required by this section is a defense to an action for possession.   Nothing in this section permits termination of a lease by a declarant in violation of its terms.
TN Code § 66-27-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 6 - Display of Flags|§ 66-27-601. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Dedicatory instrument”:  Means each document governing the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a residential subdivision, planned unit development, condominium, horizontal property regime, or any similar planned development; and   Includes a declaration or similar instrument subjecting real property to:   Restrictive covenants, bylaws, or similar instruments governing the administration or operation of a homeowners' association;   Properly adopted rules and regulations of a homeowners' association; or   All lawful amendments to the covenants, bylaws, instruments, rules, or regulations of a homeowners' association;       “Homeowners' association” means an incorporated or unincorporated association owned by or whose members consist primarily of the owners of the property covered by the dedicatory instrument and through which the owners, or the board of directors or similar governing body, manage or regulate the residential subdivision, planned unit development, condominium, horizontal property regime, or any similar planned development; and   “Restrictive covenant” means any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in a dedicatory instrument, whether mandatory, prohibitive, permissive, or administrative.
TN Code § 66-27-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 6 - Display of Flags|§ 66-27-602. Display of Flags by Property Owners

  Except as provided in subsection (b), no homeowners' association shall adopt or enforce a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, a property owner from displaying the flag of the United States of America or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces, on the property owner's property.   A homeowners' association may adopt or enforce reasonable rules and regulations regarding the placement and manner for the display of the flag of the United States of America or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces.   The property owner must display the flag of the United States of America in accordance with 4 U.S.C. §§ 5-10.
TN Code § 66-27-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property|Part 6 - Display of Flags|§ 66-27-603. Applicability of Part

 This part shall apply to dedicatory instruments:   Created on or after July 1, 2017; or   Amended on or after July 1, 2017.
TN Code § 66-28-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”
TN Code § 66-28-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-102. Application

  This chapter applies only in counties having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census.   This chapter applies to rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed after July 1, 1975. Transactions entered into before July 1, 1975, and not extended or renewed after that date, and the rights, duties and interests flowing from them remain valid and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by this chapter as though the amendment or repeal has not occurred.   Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:  Residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service;   Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the purchaser's interest;   Transient occupancy in a hotel, or motel or lodgings subject to city, state, transient lodgings or room occupancy under the Excise Tax Act, compiled in title 67, chapter 4, part 20;   Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative; or   Occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes.     This chapter shall not apply to any occupancy in a public housing unit or other housing unit that is subject to regulation by the department of housing and urban development and owned by a governmental entity or non-profit corporation to the extent such regulation conflicts with state law, but shall apply to the extent that any such regulations defer to the application of state law.
TN Code § 66-28-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-103. Purposes — Rules of Construction

  This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.   Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:  Simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlord and tenant;   Encourage landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of housing;   Promote equal protection to all parties; and   Make uniform the law in Tennessee.     Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relating to capacity to contract, health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.   This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it is to be construed as impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided.
TN Code § 66-28-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-105. Jurisdiction and Service of Process

  The general sessions and circuit courts of this state shall exercise original jurisdiction over any landlord or tenant with respect to any conduct in this state governed by this chapter. In addition to any other method provided by rule or by statute, personal jurisdiction over the parties may be acquired in a civil action or proceeding instituted in law or equity by service of process in the manner provided by law.   A landlord who is not a resident of this state or is a corporation not authorized to do business in this state and engages in a transaction subject to this chapter may designate an agent upon whom service of process may be made in this state. The agent shall be a resident of this state or a corporation authorized to do business in this state. The designation shall be in writing, filed with the secretary of state, and must set forth the name and street address, including zip code, of the agent, the name and street address, including zip code, of the landlord and be accompanied by a ten dollar ($10.00) filing fee. If no designation is made and filed or if process cannot be served in this state upon the designated agent, process may be served upon the secretary of state forthwith by mailing a copy of the process and pleading by registered or certified mail to the defendant or respondent at that party's last known address. The process must be accompanied by a ten dollar ($10.00) fee and specify the address of the defendant. An affidavit of service shall be filed by the secretary of state with the clerk of the court on or before the return day of the process.
TN Code § 66-28-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-106. Notice

  Either party has notice of a fact if such person:  Has actual knowledge of it; or   Has been given written notice.     All parties must give written notice to the last known or designated address contained in the lease agreement.
TN Code § 66-28-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-107. Residential Landlord Registration

   Each landlord of one (1) or more dwelling units is required to furnish the following information with the agency or department of local government that is responsible for enforcing building codes in the jurisdiction where the dwelling units are located:  The landlord or the landlord's agent's name, telephone number, and physical address, which does not include a post office box; and   The street address and unit number, as appropriate, for each dwelling unit that the landlord owns, leases, or subleases or has the right to own, lease, or sublease.     The information required under subdivision (a)(1) shall be furnished on a form provided by the agency or department responsible for enforcing building codes. The agency or department is authorized to collect from a landlord filing the form a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per year.   If any information required under subdivision (a)(1) or the ownership of the dwelling units changes, the landlord who transferred the property by sale or otherwise, or the landlord's agent, shall notify the agency or department of such change within thirty (30) days of the change in ownership.      Any landlord who fails to register or who fails to send notification of change of ownership as required by this section shall be assessed a fine in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per week by the agency or department of local government that is responsible for enforcing building codes in the jurisdiction where the dwelling units are located.   Prior to the assessment of the fine, the landlord shall be given an opportunity to appear and be heard at a hearing to be held concerning the landlord's failure to register or failure to send notification of change of ownership. A written notice of the date, time and place of the hearing shall be mailed the landlord at least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled hearing.     This section shall only apply to any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 66-28-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-28-108. Notification Sent by E-Mail

 If the tenant provides an electronic mail address in the rental agreement, any notification required to be sent to the tenant pursuant to this chapter may be made by the landlord through electronic notification to such mail address, unless a provision in this chapter requires a specific form of notification other than electronic notification; provided, however, that the landlord shall not require the tenant to provide an electronic mail address as a condition of entering into a rental agreement.
TN Code § 66-28-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 2 - Rental Agreements|§ 66-28-201. Terms and Conditions

  The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement, terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law including rent, term of the agreement, and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of parties. A rental agreement cannot provide that the tenant agrees to waive or forego rights or remedies under this chapter. The landlord or the landlord's agent shall advise in writing that the landlord is not responsible for, and will not provide, fire or casualty insurance for the tenant's personal property.   In absence of a lease agreement, the tenant shall pay the reasonable value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit.   Rent shall be payable without demand at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Notice is specifically waived upon the nonpayment of rent by the tenant only if such a waiver is provided for in a written rental agreement. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit and periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one (1) month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month. Upon agreement, rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day.   There shall be a five-day grace period beginning the day the rent was due to the day a fee for the late payment of rent may be charged. The date the rent was due shall be included in the calculation of the five-day grace period. If the last day of the five-day grace period occurs on a Sunday or legal holiday, as defined in § 15-1-101, the landlord shall not impose any charge or fee for the late payment of rent; provided, that the rent is paid on the next business day. Any charge or fee, however described, which is charged by the landlord for the late payment of rent, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of rent past due.
TN Code § 66-28-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 2 - Rental Agreements|§ 66-28-202. Effect of Unsigned or Undelivered Agreement

  If the landlord does not sign a written rental agreement, acceptance of rent without reservation by the landlord binds the parties on a month to month tenancy.   Any person or persons taking possession without payment of rent and failing to sign a written rental agreement delivered to them by the landlord or who enter without oral agreement are deemed to be trespassers and may be evicted forthwith and may be held liable for damages and rent for the term of trespass and reasonable attorney's fees; provided, that if such person or persons pay rent, which is accepted by the landlord, such person or persons shall become tenants of the landlord.
TN Code § 66-28-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 2 - Rental Agreements|§ 66-28-203. Prohibited Provisions

  No rental agreement may provide that the tenant:  Authorizes any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement;   Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord to the tenant arising under law or to indemnify the landlord for that liability or the costs connected with such liability.     A provision prohibited by subsection (a) included in an agreement is unenforceable. Should a landlord willfully provide a rental agreement containing provisions known by the landlord to be prohibited by this chapter, the tenant may recover actual damages sustained. The tenant cannot agree to waive or forego rights or remedies under this chapter.
TN Code § 66-28-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 2 - Rental Agreements|§ 66-28-204. Unconscionability

  If the court, as a matter of law, finds:  A rental agreement or any provision thereof was unconscionable when made, the court shall enforce the remainder of the agreement without the unconscionable provision, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid an unconscionable result; or   A settlement in which a party waives or agrees to forego a claim or right under this chapter or under a rental agreement was unconscionable at the time it was made, the court shall enforce the remainder of the settlement without the unconscionable provision, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid the unconscionable result.     If unconscionability is put into issue by a party or by the court upon its own motion, the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the rental agreement or settlement to aid the court in making the determination.   A provision in a rental agreement that authorizes a landlord to hold a tenant in breach of the rental agreement in accordance with § 66-28-505(f) is not unconscionable and is fully enforceable.
TN Code § 66-28-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 3 - Landlord Obligations|§ 66-28-302. Address of Landlord or Agent

  The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of:  The agent authorized to manage the premises; and   An owner of the premises or a person or agent authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands.     The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner or manager.   A person who fails to comply with subsection (a) becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the purpose of service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands.
TN Code § 66-28-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 3 - Landlord Obligations|§ 66-28-303. Possession of Dwelling

 At the commencement of the terms, the landlord shall deliver possession of the premises to the tenant in compliance with the rental agreement and § 66-28-304. The landlord may bring an action for possession against any person wrongfully in possession and may recover the damages provided in § 66-28-512(c).
TN Code § 66-28-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 3 - Landlord Obligations|§ 66-28-304. Maintenance by Landlord

  The landlord shall:  Comply with requirements of applicable building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;   Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;   Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; and   In multi-unit complexes of four (4) or more units, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles and conveniences for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste from common points of collection subject to § 66-28-401(3).     If the duty imposed by subdivision (a)(1) is greater than any duty imposed by any other paragraph of subsection (a), the landlord's duty shall be determined by reference to subdivision (a)(1).   The landlord and tenant may agree in writing that the tenant perform specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, and remodeling, but only if the transaction is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord.   The landlord may not treat performance of the separate agreement described in subsection (c) as a condition to any obligation or performance of any rental agreement.