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TN Code § 30-2-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-501. Time Limitation for Suit — State Tax Lien

  Other than by filing of claims or the revivor of actions pending against the decedent at the time of the decedent's death, no suits shall be brought or other action taken by any creditor against the estate until the expiration of three (3) months from the issuance of letters, and nothing in this part shall be so construed as to permit the filing of claims or revivor of pending actions, or institution of suits against the personal representative after twelve (12) months from the date of death of the decedent, except, however, for insolvency proceedings or claims filed by creditors within the period prescribed in the notice published or posted in accordance with § 30-2-306(b).   Where any taxes were owed to the state by the decedent at the time of death, any and all property of such decedent, or an amount equal to the proceeds derived from the disposal thereof, shall be subject to the state's common law lien for delinquent taxes for a period of six (6) months following death or until payment within that period, which lien shall be enforceable by distress warrant in accordance with title 67, chapter 1, part 12.
TN Code § 30-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-502. Premature Suit — Abatement — Judgment Voidable

  To all suits instituted within three (3) months after issuance of letters, the administrator or executor shall plead the prematurity of the action in abatement, or, in default thereof, shall be held liable as for a devastavit, if the estate proves insolvent.   A judgment by confession or by default within the period of three (3) months against an administrator or executor, shall be deemed as to the estate voidable.    Code 1858, §§ 2275, 2276 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 23, § 2); Shan., §§ 4008, 4009; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8221, 8222; modified; C. Supp. 1950, § 8221; Acts 1971, ch. 230, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-1002, 30-1003.
TN Code § 30-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-503. Revival of Judgments Against Deceased

 Judgments obtained against the deceased in the deceased's lifetime may be revived without delay.   Code 1858, § 2277 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 23, § 3); Shan., § 4010; Code 1932, § 8223; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1004.
TN Code § 30-2-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-504. Waste or Misappropriation of Assets by Personal Representative — Statute of Limitation Applicable

 Nothing in part 3 of this chapter or § 30-2-501 shall be so construed as to exempt a personal representative from suit by either a creditor or a beneficiary for waste or misappropriation of the assets of the estate or other wrongful act in connection therewith, or to affect any existing statute of limitation applicable to such a suit, or to preclude the enforcement against the property affected by it of any subsisting lien that shall endure beyond the time fixed herein for filing claims.
TN Code § 30-2-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-505. General Sessions Court's Execution Against Representative — Return Made to Circuit Court

 If a general sessions court judge's execution against an executor or administrator be returned “no property to be found,” the judge who rendered the judgment, or who holds the papers in the cause, shall, on suggestion and application of the plaintiff, the plaintiff's agent or attorney, return the papers to the next circuit court of the plaintiff's county.   Code 1858, § 2271 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 43, § 1); Shan., § 4004; Code 1932, § 8217; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1006.
TN Code § 30-2-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-506. Proceedings on General Sessions Court's Execution

 Upon the return of papers under § 30-2-505, scire facias shall be issued, and all other proceedings had for the satisfaction of the judgment, either out of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the defendant, in case the executor or administrator has wasted the assets, or out of the real estate of the deceased.   Code 1858, § 2272 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 43, § 1); Shan., § 4005; Code 1932, § 8218; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1007.
TN Code § 30-2-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 5 - Suits Against Representatives|§ 30-2-507. Proceedings on Judgment Against Deceased

 The like proceeding as provided in § 30-2-506, shall be had in case of an execution issued after the death of the debtor, and returned “nothing to be found,” on a judgment recovered in the debtor's lifetime.   Code 1858, § 2273 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 43, § 2); Shan., § 4006; Code 1932, § 8219; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1008.
TN Code § 30-2-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-602. Citation to Appear and Settle — Punishment for Disobedience

 If any personal representative fails to settle the accounts or file a status report as prescribed  in § 30-2-601, the clerk shall cite the personal representative to appear and settle on a given day, to be specified in the citation, and if the personal representative disobeys the citation, the citation being duly returned, with service endorsed on it, or endorsement to the effect that the personal representative avoids service, that disobedience or avoiding of service shall be a contempt of court, and punishable as such. At the clerk's discretion, any citation issued for the appearance of a personal representative pursuant to this section may be served by sending such citation by certified mail with return receipt to the personal representative's last known address.   Code 1858, § 2297 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 6); Shan., § 4033; Code 1932, § 8246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1103; Acts 1989, ch. 395, § 13; 2017, ch. 280, § 5.
TN Code § 30-2-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-603. Service of Notice of Accounting

  No account of any personal representative shall be taken until the clerk of the probate or chancery court, taking the account, or the personal representative or the personal representative's attorney has served the parties interested with notice of taking the account at least five (5) days before the time fixed for taking the account. This notice may be waived in writing by any legatee, distributee or other person interested in the estate.   If addresses of heirs, distributees, or other persons interested in the estate are unknown, the personal representative or the personal representative's attorney shall publish notice of the accounting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county with jurisdiction over the probate proceedings.    Code 1858, § 2298 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 2); Shan., § 4034; mod. Code 1932, § 8247; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1104; Acts 1986, ch. 580, § 2; 1997, ch. 407, § 2; 2001, ch. 400, § 2.
TN Code § 30-2-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-604. Examination of Representative Under Oath

 The clerk or commissioner may, and, when it seems to the clerk or commissioner necessary, shall examine the accounting party, upon oath, touching the representative's receipts and disbursements.   Code 1858, § 2299 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 4); Shan., § 4035; Code 1932, § 8248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1105.
TN Code § 30-2-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-605. Continuance of Settlement

 On sufficient cause shown by affidavit, the clerk may continue the settlement from time to time.   Code 1858, § 2300 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 3); Shan., § 4036; Code 1932, § 8249; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1106.
TN Code § 30-2-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-606. Charges, Disbursements, and Compensation Credited to Accounting Party

 The clerk shall charge every accounting party with all sums of money the accounting party has received, or might have received by using due and reasonable diligence, and shall credit the accounting party with a reasonable compensation for services, and with disbursements supported by lawful vouchers.   Code 1858, § 2301 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 111, § 15; 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 4); Shan., § 4037; Code 1932, § 8250; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1107.
TN Code § 30-2-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-607. Exceptions to Account — Appeal From Decision of Clerk

 Any person interested in the estate may except to the account within a thirty-day period after it has been stated by the clerk, and, if dissatisfied with the clerk's decision on the exceptions, may within an additional thirty-day period appeal to the court. The clerk shall, within five (5) days after the filing of exceptions to the clerk's decision, mail copies of the exceptions to the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney of record.   Code 1858, § 2302 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 3); Shan., § 4038; Code 1932, § 8251; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1108; Acts 1985, ch. 140, § 20.
TN Code § 30-2-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-608. Incomplete Inventory

 Any person interested in any deceased person's estate as legatee, distributee, surviving spouse, creditor, or otherwise, may, at any time before final settlement of the estate, show by proof that the personal representative has not returned a complete inventory, and the article or articles omitted in the inventory shall be debited to the personal representative at the value of the article or articles, unless the personal representative can show a sufficient reason for leaving the article or articles out of the inventory.   Code 1858, § 2303 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 1); Shan., § 4039; mod. Code 1932, § 8252; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1109.
TN Code § 30-2-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-609. Appeal From Judgment of Court

  In any county having a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or more according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, when the court having probate jurisdiction finally settles an account, any person adversely affected by the settlement may appeal from the judgment to the court of appeals.   In any county having a population of less than five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, when the court having probate jurisdiction finally settles an account:  If the judge serving such court is the circuit court judge or chancellor of the judicial district, then any person adversely affected by the settlement may appeal from the judgment to the court of appeals; or   If the judge serving such court is not the circuit court judge or chancellor of the judicial district, then any person adversely affected by the settlement may appeal from the judgment to the appropriate trial court of general jurisdiction in which case the trial judge shall hear the matter de novo.     Except in any county having a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or more according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the appeal of any decision, ruling, order, or judgment of a probate court that is served by a judge who is not the circuit court judge or chancellor of the judicial district in which the matter arose shall be to the appropriate trial court of general jurisdiction in which case the trial judge shall hear the matter de novo.   The appeal of any decision, ruling, order, or judgment of a probate court that is served by the circuit court judge or chancellor of the judicial district in which the matter arose (or of a probate court in any county having a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or more according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census), shall be to the court of appeals as otherwise provided by law or rule of court.    Subdivision (b)(2) and subsection (c) shall not apply in counties having a population of:  not less than  nor more than   39,050 39,150   44,200 44,300   71,100 71,200   88,800 88,900   105,800 105,900   according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census.    In any county set out in subdivision (e)(1), any person adversely affected by the settlement or any decision, ruling, order, or judgment of the probate court shall appeal to the court of appeals unless otherwise prohibited by law or rule of court.      Code 1858, § 2304 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 4); Shan., § 4040; Code 1932, § 8253; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1110; Acts 1985, ch. 140, § 21; 2002, ch. 754, §§ 1, 2; 2003, ch. 157, § 1; 2009, ch. 396, § 1.
TN Code § 30-2-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-610. Settlement Prima Facie Evidence When Recorded

 The settlement, when so made, and recorded, shall be prima facie evidence in favor of the accounting party.   Code 1858, § 2305 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 5); Shan., § 4041; Code 1932, § 8254; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1111.
TN Code § 30-2-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-611. Fees of Clerk

 Besides the fees allowed to the clerk for the clerk's service, as provided in former § 8-21-701(28)-(30) (repealed) for taking and stating accounts, the clerk shall receive such further sum as the court of first instance or on appeal may allow, upon a confirmation of the settlement.   Code 1858, § 2306 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 6); Shan., § 4042; mod. Code 1932, § 8255; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1112.
TN Code § 30-2-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-612. Balance Payable to Clerk's Office — Award of Execution

 After the settlement of any administrator's or executor's account, the probate court may compel the personal representative to pay into the office of the clerk the balance found against the personal representative, and may, on motion of the clerk or any surviving spouse, distributee, or legatee, after twenty (20) days' notice to the personal representative, award summarily an execution against the representative and the personal representative's sureties for the amount of the balance, as in case of a judgment at law, and when any specific thing is to be done, the probate court may compel the representative, by an order, to perform it, and by process of contempt in case of refusal.   Code 1858, § 2307; Acts 1871, ch. 51, § 1; Shan., § 4043; Code 1932, § 8256; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1113.
TN Code § 30-2-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements|§ 30-2-613. Failure to Settle Accounts — Indictment — Penalty

  No executor or administrator shall neglect or refuse, for thirty (30) days after service of a subpoena, to appear before the clerk of the probate court and settle the accounts.   The clerk of the probate court shall return to the clerk of the circuit or criminal court, on or before the first day of every term of the court, having jurisdiction, a list of delinquent executors and administrators, and the district attorney general shall, ex officio, prefer against each of them an indictment without a prosecutor.   Upon conviction of this offense, upon indictment or presentment in the circuit or criminal court, the delinquent shall be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).    Code 1858, §§ 2308-2310 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 3); Shan., §§ 4044-4046; Code 1932, §§ 8257-8259; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-1114 — 30-1116.
TN Code § 30-2-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 7 - Distribution|§ 30-2-701. Distribution of Balance — Final Settlement

 Upon the payment of all claims that are not contested and upon provision being made for expenses of administration, obligations on account of taxes and assessments that have not been settled, claims not due and undetermined contested claims, together with costs and expenses of litigation, the personal representative shall pay any balance remaining in the personal representative's hands to the distributees or legatees entitled to it, unless granted additional time by the court, or by the terms of the instrument under which the personal representative is acting, and thereafter, when all other legal liabilities have been paid, and the balance remaining has been delivered to those entitled to it or paid to the state treasurer, to be handled in accordance with title 66, chapter 29, part 1, relating to unclaimed property or administered as in § 30-2-402; provided, that in the event of insolvency, the personal representative shall make and file with the court a final settlement of the estate in accordance with chapter 2, part 6 of this title.
TN Code § 30-2-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 7 - Distribution|§ 30-2-702. Distributees Who Cannot Be Located, Infants or Persons Adjudicated Incompetent — Procedure for Payment of Shares

  Whenever the personal representative of the estate of any deceased person in this state is ready to make a final report and settlement, and is prevented or precluded from making final settlement, because there is no personal representative of the estate of a deceased distributee to receive the share due that distributee or one (1) or more payees or distributees cannot be located or for any reason refuses to receive the share due that distributee, the personal representative shall pay or deliver the share due any such distributee to the state treasurer, to be handled in accordance with title 66, chapter 29, part 1, relating to unclaimed property, and show the payment or delivery in the report.    In cases involving payees or distributees who are infants or persons adjudicated incompetent and without guardian or conservator authorized to receive the property, the personal representative, before making final settlement, shall file a petition in the court in which the estate is being administered setting out this fact and pray for the appointment of a guardian or conservator, unless petition is made pursuant to § 34-1-104.   The court shall appoint a guardian or conservator, if practicable, or if impracticable, order the property belonging to such infant or person adjudicated incompetent paid or delivered into the state treasury, unless distribution is ordered pursuant to § 34-1-104.   The payment or delivery shall be shown in the report and settlement of the personal representative, exhibiting the receipt of the guardian or state treasurer, as the case may be.     If the personal representative of the estate of a deceased person is unable to locate a distributee and that distributee's share of the estate is either personal property of nominal value or a monetary legacy of nominal value, the personal representative may request instructions from the court concerning the amount, if any, which should be spent in locating the distributee and whether the amount spent in locating the distributee should be a general expense of the estate or a charge against the lost distributee's share and the disposition of the property if the distributee cannot be found, which disposition may include the authority to sell any tangible personal property.
TN Code § 30-2-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 7 - Distribution|§ 30-2-703. Disposition of Shares — Application and Claim for Share

  Shares so placed in the state treasury shall not become the property of the state, but shall be and remain trust property demandable at any time by the owner or by the guardian of any owner, distributee or by the personal representative of any deceased owner.   Any person lawfully entitled to receive any money paid into the state treasury pursuant to § 30-2-702 may claim the amount due in accordance with title 66, chapter 29, part 1, governing the disposition of unclaimed property. The state treasurer shall pay the amount, as in other cases, out of any money in the treasury; provided, the state shall not be liable for interest on any fund or funds paid into the state treasury under this law.   Property delivered to the treasurer pursuant to § 30-2-702, may be claimed in accordance with title 66, chapter 29, part 1, governing the disposition of unclaimed property.
TN Code § 30-2-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 7 - Distribution|§ 30-2-704. Refunding Bonds

 Every legatee and distributee, or representative of a legatee or distributee, who applies for payment of that person's portion of the decedent's estate, or any part thereof, prior to the time provided by law, shall, before receiving the payment, give bond with two (2) or more sufficient sureties, or one (1) corporate surety, in double the amount to be paid, payable to the state, conditioned that if any debt or debts truly owing by the deceased shall be afterwards sued for and recovered or be otherwise duly made to appear, the legatee or distributee shall refund and pay the ratable part of the debt or debts out of the share or part so allotted to the legatee or distributee.   Code 1858, § 2316 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 7; 1789, ch. 23, § 2); Shan., § 4053; mod. Code 1932, § 8336; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 8336; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1304.
TN Code § 30-2-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution|Part 7 - Distribution|§ 30-2-705. Recording, Filing, and Verity of Bond

 The executor or administrator shall bring the bond into the proper court at the next session after its date, and it shall be spread on the minutes, and the original lodged in the office of the clerk, and the bond and the copy on the minutes shall have the verity and character of records.   Code 1858, § 2317 (deriv. Acts 1789, ch. 23, § 3); Shan., § 4054; Code 1932, § 8337; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1305.