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TN Code § 66-11-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-134. Enforcement in General Sessions Court

  When the lien is enforced by a civil warrant before a court of general sessions, and when an attachment has been levied on the lot or land and judgment rendered, the papers shall be returned to the circuit court, there to be proceeded with as in the case of a court of general sessions execution levied on land.    No court of general sessions' attachment in any such case shall be a lien on the land, unless, within twenty (20) days after the levy of attachment, an abstract of the levy of attachment, showing the name of the plaintiff and defendant, the date and amount of the claim, and a description of the premises affected, is filed for registration in the lien book in the office of the register of the county in which the real property, or any affected portion of the real property, lies.   The register shall index the abstract, as the indexer is required to index deeds, and, for the registration and indexing, the indexer shall receive the sum prescribed by § 8-21-1001.      Code 1858, §§ 3547-3549 (deriv. Acts 1857-1858, ch. 62, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 5310-5312; mod. Code 1932, §§ 7952-7954; modified; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 64-1134 — 64-1136; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 33; 2020, ch. 749, § 7.
TN Code § 66-11-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-135. Release of Lien — Recording Release

  If a lienor whose lien has been forfeited, expired, satisfied or adjudged against the lienor in a proceeding on the lien, fails to cause the lien provided by this chapter to be released within thirty (30) days after service of written notice demanding release, the lienor shall be liable to the owner for all damages arising therefrom, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the owner.   The release shall be recorded in the office where the notice of lien was recorded. The fee for recording shall be the fee required for the recording of a release or satisfaction of a mortgage as provided by law.   For the purpose of this section, a lien shall be deemed released on the day on which the release of the lien is recorded in the proper office.    Code 1932, § 7935; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1137; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 34; 2020, ch. 749, § 8.
TN Code § 66-11-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-136. Property Owner's Right to Bond Against Enforcement of Liens

 The owner of the property on which the improvement is made has the right to demand a bond from the prime contractor to protect the owner in case of the enforcement of a lien under this chapter by one (1) or more remote contractors; and in the event the prime contractor is paid for the work done, or any part of it, that is subject to a lien by a remote contractor, then on payment by the owner to the remote contractor of the amount due, the owner shall have judgment for the amount by filing a complaint, petition, or civil warrant against the bond in any court having jurisdiction in such cases; but the prime contractor shall have the right to contest the legality and amount of the claim of the remote contractors before the prime contractor is held liable.
TN Code § 66-11-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-137. Owner's Misapplication of Loan Proceeds — Violation

  Any owner who procures a loan secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance on certain real property, representing that the proceeds of the loan are to be used for the purpose of improving real property, and who, with intent to defraud, uses the proceeds or any part of the proceeds for any other purpose than to pay for labor performed on, or materials, services, equipment, or machinery furnished for the real property, and overhead and profit related thereto while any amount for the labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead or profit remains unpaid, or while any amount of which the owner has received notice of nonpayment prescribed by this chapter remains unpaid, shall be liable to an injured party for any damages and actual expenses incurred, including attorneys' fees, if the damages and expenses incurred are the result of the misapplication of the loan proceeds.   A violation of subsection (a) is a Class E felony.    Code 1932, § 7943; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1139; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 88; 2007, ch. 189, § 36.
TN Code § 66-11-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-138. Contractor's Misapplication of Payments — Violation

   Any prime contractor or remote contractor who, with intent to defraud, uses the proceeds of any payment made to that contractor on account of improving certain real property for any purpose other than to pay for labor performed on, or materials, services, equipment, or machinery furnished by that contractor's order for the real property, and overhead and profit related thereto, while any amount for the labor, materials, services, equipment, machinery, overhead, or profit remains unpaid shall be liable to an injured party for any damages and actual expenses incurred, including attorneys' fees, if the damages and expenses incurred are the result of the misapplication of the payment.   A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class E felony.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), there is no violation of this section when:  Funds are disbursed pursuant to written agreement; or   The use of funds received and deposited in a business account for use on multiple construction projects is based on the allocation of costs and profits in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for construction projects.      Code 1932, § 7944 (Williams, § 7944a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1140; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 89; 2004, ch. 688, § 1; 2007, ch. 189, § 37.
TN Code § 66-11-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-139. Exaggeration of Claims by Lienor

 If, in any proceeding to enforce the lien provided by this chapter, the court finds that any lienor has willfully and grossly exaggerated the amount for which that person claims a lien, as stated in that person's notice of lien or pleading filed, in the discretion of the court, no recovery may be allowed thereon, and the lienor may be liable for any actual expenses incurred by the injured party, including attorneys' fees, as a result of the lienor's exaggeration.   Code 1932, § 7944; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1141; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 38; 2020, ch. 749, § 10.
TN Code § 66-11-140 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-140. Misuse of Proceeds Prima Facie Evidence of Intent to Defraud

 Use of the proceeds as enumerated in §§ 66-11-137 — 66-11-139 for any purpose other than either payment pursuant to written agreement between the parties or in accordance with the allocation of costs and profits under generally accepted accounting principles for construction projects shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud. Use of a single business bank account for multiple projects shall not be evidence of intent to defraud.   Code 1932, § 7945; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1142; Acts 2004, ch. 688, § 2; 2007, ch. 189, § 39.
TN Code § 66-11-141 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-141. Well-Drilling Lien

  There is created a lien against the tract of land, on which any person, firm or corporation has drilled a well by contract with the owners of the land or their duly authorized agent, for all labor, materials and equipment used or furnished by the driller of the well, including any pump, apparatus or other fixtures attached to the well, installed by the driller.   The lien shall remain against the land for a period of two (2) years after the completion of the well or after the furnishing of any pump or apparatus attached to the well, unless sooner discharged by full payment.   The lien may be enforced by attachment of the land in a proceeding brought in any court of competent jurisdiction prior to the expiration of the lien, and the land may be sold in satisfaction of the unpaid indebtedness owing to the driller.   The rights of the lienor under this section shall be subject to the terms of § 66-11-112.
TN Code § 66-11-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-142. Bond to Indemnify Against Recorded Lien — Recording Bond — Recording of Contractor's Payment Bond

  If a lien, other than a lien granted in a written contract, is fixed or is attempted to be fixed by a recorded instrument under this chapter, any person may record a bond to indemnify against the lien. The bond shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the county in which the lien was recorded. The bond shall be for the amount of the lien claimed and with sufficient corporate surety authorized and admitted to do business in the state and licensed by the state to execute bonds as surety, and the bond shall be conditioned upon the obligor or obligors on the bond satisfying any judgment that may be rendered in favor of the person asserting the lien. The bond shall state the book and page or other reference and the office where the lien is of record. The recording by the register of a bond to indemnify against a lien shall operate as a discharge of the lien. After recording the bond, the register shall return the original bond to the person providing the bond. The register shall index the recording of the bond to indemnify against the lien in the same manner as a release of lien. The person asserting the lien may make the obligors on the bond parties to any proceeding in which the person files a complaint, petition, or civil warrant to enforce the claim, and any judgment recovered may be against all or any of the obligors on the bond.    When a prime contractor or remote contractor has provided a valid payment bond for the benefit of potential lien claimants, a copy of that bond may be recorded, in lieu of the recording of another bond, to discharge a lien asserted by the lien claimants. A copy of the bond may be recorded with the register of deeds in lieu of the bond provided in subsection (a) to discharge such a lien. Upon recording with the register of deeds, the prime contractor, remote contractor, or owner shall notify the surety executing the bond, and the lien on the property shall be discharged. The person asserting the lien may make the obligors on the bond parties to any proceeding in which the person files a complaint, petition, or civil warrant to enforce the claim, and any judgment recovered may be against all or any of the obligors on the bond.   The bond recorded pursuant to this subsection (b) shall:  Be in a penal sum at least equal to the total of the original contract amount;   Be in favor of the owner;   Be executed by:   The original prime contractor or remote contractor as principal; and   A sufficient corporate surety authorized and admitted to do business in this state and licensed by this state to execute bonds as surety; and     Provide for payment of the lien claimant, whether the lien claimant was employed or contracted with by the person who originally contracted with the owner of the premises or by a remote contractor.       The register of deeds may record any bond recorded under this section and return the original to the person providing the bond.
TN Code § 66-11-145 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-145. Notice of Nonpayment — Form of Notice

  Every remote contractor with respect to an improvement, except one-family, two-family, three-family and four-family residential units, shall serve, within ninety (90) days of the last day of each month within which work or labor was provided or materials, services, equipment, or machinery furnished and for which the remote contractor intends to claim a lien under this chapter, a notice of nonpayment for the work, labor, materials, services, machinery, or equipment to the owner and prime contractor in contractual privity with the remote contractor if its account is, in fact, unpaid. The notice shall contain:  The name of the remote contractor and the address to which the owner and the prime contractor in contractual relation with the remote contractor may send communications to the remote contractor;   A general description of the work, labor, materials, services, equipment, or machinery provided;   The amount owed as of the date of the notice;   A statement of the last date the claimant performed work and/or provided labor or materials, services, equipment, or machinery in connection with the improvements; and   A description sufficient to identify the real property against which a lien may be claimed.     A remote contractor who fails to provide the notice of nonpayment in compliance with this section shall have no right to claim a lien under this chapter, except this section shall not apply to a certain amount or percentage of the contract amount retained to guarantee performance of the remote contractor.   A notice of nonpayment provided in accordance with this section shall not be considered notice required by § 66-11-115.   The notice of nonpayment may be in substantially the following form:  NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT TO:  [Owner] [Contractor contracting w/ Owner] Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 66-11-145, notice is hereby given that   [Lienor] has not been paid for certain labor, materials, services, equipment, or machinery it supplied in the   [description of work] of the   [description of project], located at   [description of property]. The amount presently due and owing is $ . The last date labor, materials, services, equipment, or machinery were provided in connection with the improvements was  [date]. You may send any communications regarding this matter to the following name and address:  Lienor Dated:   Click to view NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT
TN Code § 66-11-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-146. “Residential Real Property” Defined — “General Contractor” Defined — Liens on Residential Real Property

   As used in this subsection (a), “residential real property” means a building consisting of one (1) dwelling unit in which the owner of the real property intends to reside or resides as the owner's principal place of residence, including improvements to or on the parcel of property where the residential building is located, and also means a building consisting of two (2), three (3) or four (4) dwelling units where the owner of the real property intends to reside or resides in one (1) of the units as the owner's principal place of residence, including improvements to or on the parcel of property where the residential building is located.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except as provided in subsection (b), on contracts to improve residential real property, a lien or right of lien on the property shall exist only in favor of a prime contractor.      As used in this subsection (b):  “Residential real property” means improvements to or on a parcel of property upon which a building is constructed or is to be constructed consisting of one (1) dwelling unit intended as the principal place of residence of a person or family; and   “General contractor” means the person responsible for the supervision or performance of substantially all of the work, labor, and the furnishing of materials in furtherance of the improvement to the property.     When the owner of residential real property and the general contractor are one and the same person, or a person controls entities owning the property and a general contracting business, a lien or right of lien upon the property shall exist only in favor of the lienors in contractual privity with the owner or general contractor.
TN Code § 66-11-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-147. Liens on Gas, Oil or Other Mineral Leaseholds

  Any person who performs labor or furnishes materials, supplies, fixtures, machinery or other things of value to a lessee holding or owning a leasehold, or any right conferred by a lease, relating to oil, gas or other minerals, in the development or improvement of the leasehold, by contract with or by the written consent of the owner or the agent or representative of the owner of the leasehold, shall have a lien on the leasehold or the entire interest of the lessee, including oil or gas wells, machinery and equipment, to secure the payment for the labor or things furnished. If the labor or things are furnished at the written request or by written consent of any prime contractor or remote contractor, or the agent of either, the lien shall be for the benefit of whomever furnishes any of the labor or things mentioned. The lien provided for in this section shall be effective against the leasehold, or the entire interest of the lessee, including all improvements belonging to the lessee.   The lien shall relate to and take effect from the time of the delivery of the materials, supplies, fixtures, or machinery, or from the date of furnishing of any labor.   If unpaid, the lien shall expire and be of no effect after ninety (90) days, unless the person furnishing the labor, materials, or supplies, files with the register's office in the county in which the leasehold is located, the sworn statement as provided in § 66-11-112. A copy of the notice shall also be served to the owner of the property and the holder of the leasehold.   A lien provided in this section shall have precedence over all other subsequent liens or conveyances after the time of attachment; provided, that the sworn statement is filed within the ninety-day period provided in this section.   Section 66-11-120 shall apply to this lien.
TN Code § 66-11-148 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-148. Construction of Chapter — Jurisdiction of Courts to Enforce — Errors and Omissions

  This chapter is to be construed and applied liberally to secure the beneficial results, intents, and purposes of the chapter.   Substantial compliance with this chapter is sufficient for the validity of liens arising under this chapter and to give jurisdiction to the court to enforce the liens.   Any document required or permitted to be served, recorded or filed by this chapter that substantially satisfies the applicable requirements of this chapter is effective even if it has nonprejudicial errors or omissions.
TN Code § 66-11-149 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-149. Presumption of Correctness of Information on Building Permit — Service on Listed Agents or Owners — Method of Service — Presumption of Complete Service

  For purposes of § 66-11-145, the name of any owner, the owner's agent, any prime contractor, any remote contractor, or any other person, their addresses, and the real property description stated in a building permit authorizing the improvement shall be presumed to be correct and, in the case of property description, sufficient to identify the real property.   If one (1) or more agents are specified on the building permit, service on a listed agent shall be deemed to be service on all of the agent's principals, including those who have not separately listed an agent. If one (1) or more owners are specified on the building permit, service on the listed owner or owners shall be deemed to be service on all owners, including those not listed.   For the purposes of this chapter, except as provided in § 66-11-108, any notice or other document required or permitted to be served shall be served by one (1) or more of the following means:  Registered or certified mail, return receipt requested;   Hand delivery, evidenced by a sworn statement, properly notarized, confirming delivery; or   Any other commercial delivery service that provides written confirmation of delivery.     For purposes of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that service is complete:  Upon receipt by the party being served by hand delivery;   Within three (3) business days of mailing if served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested; or   One (1) business day after commercial, overnight delivery if served by that means.
TN Code § 66-11-150 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 66-11-150. Prohibited Liens

 Notwithstanding any law in this chapter or any other law to the contrary, no lien, otherwise authorized pursuant to this chapter, shall be available on residential real property, as that term is defined by § 66-11-146(b)(1)(A), to any person, firm or corporation that performs residential construction, including home improvement as defined by § 62-6-501(4), if:   The person, firm or corporation is not licensed pursuant to title 62, chapter 6; and   The jurisdiction in which the work is performed requires such person, firm or corporation to be licensed in accordance with such chapter.
TN Code § 66-11-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 2 - Truth in Construction and Consumer Protection Act of 1975|§ 66-11-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Truth in Construction and Consumer Protection Act of 1975.”
TN Code § 66-11-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 2 - Truth in Construction and Consumer Protection Act of 1975|§ 66-11-202. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context or subject matter indicates another meaning, the words and phrases defined in § 66-11-101, as amended and as may from time to time be amended, have the same meaning as set out in that section and such § 66-11-101 as amended and as may from time to time be amended is incorporated in this part by reference.
TN Code § 66-11-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens|Part 2 - Truth in Construction and Consumer Protection Act of 1975|§ 66-11-203. Notice to Owner

 Any contractor who is about to enter into a contract, either written or oral, for improving residential real property, as that term is defined by § 66-11-146, with the owner or owners thereof shall, prior to commencing the improvement of the residential real property or making of the contract, deliver, by registered mail or otherwise, to the owner or owners of the residential real property to be improved written notice in substantially the following form:   Delivered this  day of  , 20 , by  , Contractor.   The above-captioned contractor hereby gives notice to the owner of the property to be improved, that the contractor is about to begin improving the property according to the terms and conditions of the contract and that under the provisions of the state law (§§ 66-11-101 — 66-11-141) there shall be a lien upon the real property and building for the improvements made in favor of the above-mentioned contractor who does the work or furnishes the materials for such improvements for a duration of one (1) year after the work is finished or materials furnished.   Contractor