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TN Code § 66-28-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 3 - Landlord Obligations|§ 66-28-305. Limitation of Landlord's Liability

 Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser, landlord or agent, or both, is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to written notice to the tenant of the conveyance and transfer of the security deposit to the bona fide purchaser.
TN Code § 66-28-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 4 - Tenant Obligations|§ 66-28-401. General Maintenance and Conduct Obligations

 The tenant shall:   Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;   Keep that part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises when the tenant took possession;   Dispose from the tenant's dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste to the designated collection areas and into receptacles;   Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or permit any person to do so; and shall not engage in any illegal conduct on the premises; and   Act and require other persons on the premises, with the tenant's or other occupants' consent, to act in a manner that will not disturb the neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.
TN Code § 66-28-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 4 - Tenant Obligations|§ 66-28-402. Rules and Regulations

  A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules or regulations, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. It is enforceable against the tenant only if:  Its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;   It is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted;   It applies to all tenants in the premises;   It is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply;   It is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and   The tenant has notice of it at the time the tenant enters into the rental agreement.     A rule or regulation adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement is enforceable against the tenant if reasonable notice of its adoption is given to the tenant and it does not work a substantial modification of the rental agreement.
TN Code § 66-28-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 4 - Tenant Obligations|§ 66-28-403. Access by Landlord

  The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter onto the premises, including entering into the dwelling unit, in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the premises to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, workers or contractors.   The landlord may enter the premises without consent of the tenant in case of emergency. “Emergency” means a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence or set of circumstances demanding immediate action.   Where no known emergency exists, if any utilities have been turned off due to no fault of the landlord, the landlord shall be permitted to enter the premises. The landlord may inspect the premises to ascertain any damages to the premises and make necessary repairs of damages resulting from the lack of utilities.   The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant.   The landlord has no right of access to the premises except:  By court order;   As permitted by this section, § 66-28-506 and § 66-28-507(b);   If the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises;   If the tenant is deceased, incapacitated or incarcerated; or   Within the final thirty (30) days of the termination of the rental agreement for the purpose of showing the premises to prospective tenants; provided, that such right of access is set forth in the rental agreement and notice is given to the tenant at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to entry.
TN Code § 66-28-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 4 - Tenant Obligations|§ 66-28-404. Use and Occupation by Tenant

 Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit. The rental agreement may require that the tenant notify the landlord of any anticipated extended absence from the premises in excess of seven (7) days. Notice shall be given on or before the first day of any extended absence.
TN Code § 66-28-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-501. Noncompliance With Rental Agreement by Landlord

  Except as provided in this chapter, the tenant may recover damages, obtain injunctive relief and recover reasonable attorney's fees for any noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or any section of this chapter upon giving fourteen (14) days' written notice.   If the rental agreement is terminated for noncompliance after sufficient notice, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security deposits recoverable by the tenant under § 66-28-301.
TN Code § 66-28-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-502. Failure to Supply Essential Services

   If the landlord deliberately or negligently fails to supply essential services, the tenant shall give written notice to the landlord specifying the breach and may do one (1) of the following:  Procure essential services during the period of the landlord's noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable costs from the rent;   Recover damages based upon the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit, provided tenant continues to occupy premises; or   Procure reasonable substitute housing during the period of the landlord's noncompliance, in which case the tenant is excused from paying rent for the period of the landlord's noncompliance.     In addition to the remedy provided in subdivision (a)(1)(C), the tenant may recover the actual and reasonable value of the substitute housing and in any case under this subsection (a), reasonable attorney's fees.   “Essential services” means utility services, including gas, heat, electricity, and any other obligations imposed upon the landlord which materially affect the health and safety of the tenant.     A tenant who proceeds under this section may not proceed under § 66-28-501 or § 66-28-503 as to that breach.   The rights under this section do not arise until the tenant has given written notice to the landlord and has shown that the condition was not caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with the tenant's consent.
TN Code § 66-28-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-503. Fire or Casualty Damage

  If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that the use of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the tenant:  May immediately vacate the premises; and   Shall notify the landlord in writing within fourteen (14) days thereafter of the tenant's intention to terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date of vacating.     If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that restoring the dwelling unit or premises to its undamaged condition requires the tenant to vacate the premises, the landlord is authorized to terminate the rental agreement within fourteen (14) days of providing written notice to the tenant.   If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security deposits recoverable under § 66-28-301. If the tenant vacates pursuant to this section, accounting for rent is to occur as of the date the tenant returns the keys to the landlord or has, in fact, vacated the dwelling unit or premises whichever date is earlier.
TN Code § 66-28-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-504. Unlawful Ouster, Exclusion, or Diminution of Service

 If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises or willfully diminishes services to the tenant by interrupting essential services as provided in the rental agreement to the tenant, the tenant may recover possession or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover actual damages sustained by the tenant, and punitive damages when appropriate, plus a reasonable attorney's fee. If the rental agreement is terminated under this section, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security deposits.
TN Code § 66-28-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-506. Failure of Tenant to Maintain Dwelling

 If there is noncompliance by the tenant with § 66-28-401 materially affecting health and safety that can be remedied by repair, replacement of a damaged item or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of emergency or within fourteen (14) days after written notice by the landlord specifying the breach and requesting that the tenant remedy it within that period of time, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit and cause the work to be done in a workmanlike manner and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value thereof as rent on the next date when periodic rent is due, or if the rental agreement has terminated, for immediate payment.
TN Code § 66-28-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-507. Absence, Nonuse or Abandonment by Tenant

  If the rental agreement requires the tenant to give notice to the landlord of an anticipated extended absence in excess of seven (7) days as required in § 66-28-404 and the tenant willfully fails to do so, the landlord may recover actual damages from the tenant.   During any absence of the tenant in excess of seven (7) days, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit at times reasonably necessary.   If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall use reasonable efforts to rerent the dwelling unit at a fair rental. If the landlord rents the dwelling unit for a term beginning prior to the expiration of the rental agreement, the rental agreement is terminated as of the date of the new tenancy. If the tenancy is from month-to-month, or week-to-week, the term of the rental agreement for this purpose shall be deemed to be a month or a week, as the case may be.
TN Code § 66-28-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-508. Waiver of Landlord's Right to Terminate

 If the landlord accepts rent without reservation and with knowledge of a tenant default, the landlord by such acceptance condones the default and thereby waives such landlord's right and is estopped from terminating the rental agreement as to that breach.
TN Code § 66-28-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-509. Landlord Liens

 A contracted lien or security interest on behalf of the landlord in the tenant's household goods shall not be enforceable unless perfected by a Uniform Commercial Code filing with the secretary of state. All other liens are hereby expressly prohibited under this chapter. The landlord shall be responsible for releasing the lien at expiration or termination of the lease.
TN Code § 66-28-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-510. Landlord's Remedy After Termination

 If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord may have a claim for possession and for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach of the rental agreement and reasonable attorney's fees.
TN Code § 66-28-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-511. Recovery of Possession by Landlord Limited

 A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water or other essential service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in this chapter.
TN Code § 66-28-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-512. Termination of Periodic Tenancy — Holdover Remedies

  The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least ten (10) days prior to the termination date specified in the notice.   The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least thirty (30) days prior to the periodic rental date specified in the notice.   If a tenant remains in possession without the landlord's consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession, back rent and reasonable attorney's fees as well as any other damages provided for in the lease. If the tenant's holdover is willful and not in good faith, the landlord, in addition, may also recover actual damages sustained by the landlord, plus reasonable attorney's fees. If the landlord consents to the tenant's continued occupancy, § 66-28-201(c) shall apply.
TN Code § 66-28-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-513. Remedies for Abuse of Access

  If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access, or terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the landlord may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees.   If the landlord makes an unlawful entry or a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct, or terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the tenant may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
TN Code § 66-28-514 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-514. Retaliatory Conduct Prohibited

  Except as provided in this section, a landlord may not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because the tenant:  Has complained to the landlord of a violation under § 66-28-301; or   Has made use of remedies provided under this chapter.      Notwithstanding subsection (a), a landlord may bring an action for possession if:  The violation of the applicable building or housing code was caused primarily by lack of reasonable care by the tenant or other person in the tenant's household or upon the premises with the tenant's consent;   The tenant is in default in rent; or   Compliance with the applicable building or housing code requires alteration, remodeling, or demolition which would effectively deprive the tenant of use of the dwelling unit.     The maintenance of the action does not release the landlord from liability under § 66-28-501(b).
TN Code § 66-28-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-515. Administration of Remedies — Enforcement

  The remedies provided by this chapter shall be so administered that the aggrieved party may recover lawful damages. The aggrieved party has an obligation and duty to mitigate damages.   Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by legal action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
TN Code § 66-28-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-516. Obligation of Good Faith

 Every duty under this chapter and every act which must be performed as a condition precedent to the exercise of a right or remedy under this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.
TN Code § 66-28-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-518. Towing of Unauthorized Vehicles

  A landlord may have an unauthorized vehicle towed or otherwise removed from real property leased or rented by such landlord for residential purposes, upon giving ten (10) days written notice by posting the same upon the subject vehicle.   A landlord may have a tenant's, occupant's, tenant's guest's, or trespasser's vehicle immediately towed or otherwise removed from such real property, without notice, if and when such person fails to comply with the landlord's permit parking policy as defined in the landlord's posted signage.   A landlord may have a tenant's, occupant's, tenant's guest's, or trespasser's vehicle immediately towed or otherwise removed from such real property, without notice, for such person's failure to comply with the landlord's posted signage relative to traffic and parking restrictions, including, but not limited to, traffic lanes, fire lanes, fire hydrants, accessible parking areas for persons with disabilities, and/or the blocking of trash receptacles.   The owner or lessee of a vehicle that has been removed pursuant to this section may make application to take possession of such vehicle and remove such vehicle from the place to which it has been removed or stored by paying the costs of removing such vehicle, plus the accrued towing and storage charges.
TN Code § 66-28-519 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-519. Towing of Vehicles

  A landlord may have the following vehicles towed or otherwise removed from real property leased or rented by such landlord for residential purposes, upon giving a ten-day written notice by posting the same upon the subject vehicle:  A vehicle with one (1) or more flat or missing tires;   A vehicle unable to operate under its own power;   A vehicle with a missing or broken windshield or more than one (1) broken or missing window;   A vehicle with one (1) or more missing fenders or bumpers; or   A motor vehicle that has not been in compliance with all applicable local or state laws relative to titling, licensing, operation, and registration for more than thirty (30) days.     If the owner of the vehicle is not present, then prior to removing the vehicle pursuant to this section, the person, firm or entity that actually tows the vehicle shall notify local law enforcement of the vehicle identification number (VIN), registration information, license plate number and description of the vehicle. Local law enforcement shall keep a record of all such information which shall be available for public inspection.
TN Code § 66-28-520 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-520. Towing of Nuisance Vehicles

 Any nuisance vehicle located on or about the premises of real property that has been leased or rented for residential purposes may be towed or otherwise removed from such premises by the landlord upon giving twenty-four (24) hours written notice by posting the same upon the subject vehicle.
TN Code § 66-28-521 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act|Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 66-28-521. Termination of Utility Services

 If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have utility services placed in the tenant's name and the tenant fails to do so within three (3) days of occupancy of the rented premises, the landlord may have such utility services terminated if the existing utility service is in the name of the landlord.
TN Code § 66-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 29 - Abandoned or Unclaimed Property|Part 1 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 66-29-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.”
TN Code § 66-29-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 29 - Abandoned or Unclaimed Property|Part 1 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 66-29-103. Inapplicability to Foreign Transactions

 This part does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction involving the property was a wholly foreign transaction.
TN Code § 66-29-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 29 - Abandoned or Unclaimed Property|Part 1 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 66-29-104. Promulgation of Rules

 The treasurer may promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to carry out this part.