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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-109 - Rent - Official misconduct - Contracts not otherwise covered - Title insurance - Demand notes

(a)
The following actions shall be commenced within six (6) years after the cause of action accrued:
(1)
Actions for the use and occupation of land and for rent;
(2)
Actions against the sureties of guardians, executors and administrators, sheriffs, clerks, and other public officers, for nonfeasance, misfeasance, and malfeasance in office; and
(3)
Actions on contracts not otherwise expressly provided for.
(b)
The cause of action on title insurance policies, guaranteeing title to real estate, shall accrue on the date the loss or damage insured or guaranteed against is sustained.
(c)
The cause of action on demand notes shall be commenced within ten (10) years after the cause of action accrued.
Code 1858, § 2775 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 4472; Code 1932, § 8600; Acts 1947, ch. 126, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8600; Acts 1976, ch. 472, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-309.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-111 - Open accounts of merchants

The limitations provided in this chapter do not apply to such actions as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their agents and factors, while the accounts between them are current.
Code 1858, § 2777 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 4474; Code 1932, § 8602; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-311.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-112 - Mutual accounts between persons not merchants

When there are mutual accounts between persons who are not merchants, the time is computed from the true date of the last item, unless the account is liquidated and a balance struck.
Code 1858, § 2778; Shan., § 4475; Code 1932, § 8603; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-312.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-113 - Municipal bonds

Actions against any county, city, town, utility district, special school district or any other municipality or political subdivision of the state for the payment of any bond issued thereby, or for the payment of any coupon representing interest on such bond, shall be commenced within fifteen (15) years after the maturity date of such bond unless such county, municipality, district or political subdivision by action of its governing body shall waive such limitation.
Acts 1957, ch. 115, § 1; T.C.A., § 28-313.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-114 - Actions for faulty surveying

(a)
All actions to recover damages against any person engaged in the practice of surveying for any deficiency, defect, omission, error or miscalculation shall be brought within four (4) years from the date the survey is recorded on the plat. Any such action not instituted within this four (4) year period shall be forever barred. The cause of action in such cases shall accrue when the services are performed.
(b)
"Practice of land surveying" as used in this section includes, but is limited to, those activities set forth in §
62-18-102(3)
, and the establishment or reestablishment of corners, boundaries, and locations of lots, parcels, tracts, or divisions of land, including distances, directions, and acreage, or fractional parts thereof; and also including, but not limited to, the correct determination and description of the same for the purpose of furnishing a legal description of any land surveyed to be used in deeds or other instruments of conveyances for the purpose of conveying title to the area surveyed.
Acts 1980, ch. 811, § 2; T.C.A., § 28-319.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-115 - Attaching or executing against art work

No process of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, distress, subpoena or any kind of seizure, whether civil or criminal, shall be served or levied upon any work of art, as defined in this section while the same is en route to or from, or while on exhibition or deposited by an exhibitor at any exhibition held under the auspices or supervision of any museum, visual arts center, college, university or other nonprofit art gallery, institution or organization within any city or county of this state for any cultural, educational, charitable or other purpose not conducted for profit to the exhibitor, nor shall such work of art be subject to attachment, seizure, levy or sale, for any cause whatever while in the hands of the authorities of such exhibition or otherwise. Nothing in the act shall prevent a lawsuit being brought against an owner of a work of art in any court having proper jurisdiction over such owner.
Acts 2000, ch. 728, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 1 - MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-117) › Section 28-3-117 - Limitation of liability for injuries occurring on land while entering or exiting from or using public greenway

(a)
An owner, tenant, or lessee is not liable for injuries to a person that occur when the person is on the land of the owner, tenant, or lessee without paying to the owner, tenant, or lessee a valuable consideration for use of the land for the purpose of entering or exiting from or using a public greenway, unless the injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee. The limitation of liability provided by this section applies regardless of whether the person had obtained permission from the owner, tenant, or lessee to use the land for the purpose of entering or exiting from or using a public greenway.
(b)
As used in this section, "public greenway" means an open-space area following a natural or man-made linear feature designed to be used for recreation, transportation, conservation, and to link services and facilities for which a governmental entity obtained a right-of-way easement from the property owner, tenant, or lessee.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 790,s 1, eff. 4/8/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 2 - LIMITATIONS ON ACTIONS FOR DEFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE (§§ 28-3-201 — 28-3-205) › Section 28-3-201 - Part definitions

As used in this part, the terms set out hereinbelow are defined as follows:
(1)
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, business, trust, unincorporated organization, association or joint stock company; and
(2)
"Substantial completion" means that degree of completion of a project, improvement, or a specified area or portion thereof (in accordance with the contract documents, as modified by any change orders agreed to by the parties) upon attainment of which the owner can use the same for the purpose for which it was intended; the date of substantial completion may be established by written agreement between the contractor and the owner.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 5; T.C.A., § 28-318.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 2 - LIMITATIONS ON ACTIONS FOR DEFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE (§§ 28-3-201 — 28-3-205) › Section 28-3-202 - Limitation of actions

All actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of an improvement to real property, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of the improvement within four (4) years after substantial completion of an improvement.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 38, eff. 7/1/2020.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 1; 1980, ch. 811, § 1; T.C.A., § 28-314.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 2 - LIMITATIONS ON ACTIONS FOR DEFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE (§§ 28-3-201 — 28-3-205) › Section 28-3-203 - Injury during fourth year after completion - Limitation of action

(a)
Notwithstanding §
28-3-202
, in the case of an injury to property or person or injury causing wrongful death, which injury occurred during the fourth year after substantial completion, an action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding to recover damages for the injury or wrongful death must be brought within one (1) year after the date on which the injury occurred, without respect to the date of death of the injured person.
(b)
The action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding must, in all events, be brought within five (5) years after the substantial completion of the improvement.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 39, eff. 7/1/2020.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 2; T.C.A., § 28-315.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 2 - LIMITATIONS ON ACTIONS FOR DEFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE (§§ 28-3-201 — 28-3-205) › Section 28-3-204 - Periods otherwise fixed not extended - New cause of action not created

(a)
This part does not extend the period or periods provided by the laws of this state or by agreement between the parties for the bringing of any action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding.
(b)
This part does not create any cause of action not previously existing or recognized.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 40, eff. 7/1/2020.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, §§ 3, 6; T.C.A., § 28-316.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 2 - LIMITATIONS ON ACTIONS FOR DEFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE (§§ 28-3-201 — 28-3-205) › Section 28-3-205 - Limitation not defense under certain circumstances

(a)
The limitation provided by this part must not be asserted as a defense by any person in actual possession or the control, as owner, tenant, or otherwise, of an improvement at the time any deficiency in the improvement constitutes the proximate cause of the injury or death for which it is proposed to bring an action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding.
(b)
The limitation provided by this part is not available as a defense to any person who has been guilty of fraud in performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, construction of, or land surveying, in connection with an improvement, or to any person who wrongfully conceals any such cause of action.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 41, eff. 7/1/2020.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 4; T.C.A., § 28-317.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 3 - LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY CHARGES (§§ 28-3-301 — 28-3-304) › Section 28-3-301 - Collection or reimbursement for underpayments or overpayments - Electrical service

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if kilowatt usage is inaccurately recorded or registered due to equipment failure and results in a customer being undercharged or overcharged, and the customer is unaware of the error, defect or failure, no utility district, municipality or electric company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for such usage, or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, prior to thirty-six (36) months from the date the error is discovered and billed; provided, that if a date certain can be established for such error which is less than thirty-six (36) months, no utility district, municipality or electric company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for such usage, or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, beyond such date.
Acts 1989, ch. 411, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 3 - LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY CHARGES (§§ 28-3-301 — 28-3-304) › Section 28-3-302 - Collection or reimbursement for underpayments or overpayments - Water or sewer service

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if gallonage for water or sewer service or both is inaccurately recorded or registered due to equipment failure and results in the customer being undercharged or overcharged, and the customer is unaware of the error, defect or failure, no utility district, municipality, or water or sewer system or company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for the unpaid gallonage or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, prior to thirty-six (36) months from the date the error is discovered and billed; provided, that if a date certain can be established for such error which is less than thirty-six (36) months, no utility district, municipality, or water or sewer system or company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for such usage, or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, beyond such date.
Acts 1989, ch. 411, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 3 - LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY CHARGES (§§ 28-3-301 — 28-3-304) › Section 28-3-303 - Collection or reimbursement for underpayments or overpayments - Gas service

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if cubic feet for gas service is inaccurately recorded or registered due to equipment failure and results in the customer being undercharged or overcharged, and the customer is unaware of the error, defect or failure, no utility district, municipality, or gas system or company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for the unpaid cubic feet or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, prior to thirty-six (36) months from the date the error is discovered and billed; provided, that if a date certain can be established for such error which is less than thirty-six (36) months, no utility district, municipality, or gas system or company shall be authorized to collect or assess a charge for such usage, or to reimburse the customer for overpayment of such usage, beyond such date.
Acts 1989, ch. 411, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 28 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 28-1-101 — 28-3-304) › Chapter 3 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS OTHER THAN REAL (§§ 28-3-NEW — 28-3-304) › Part 3 - LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY CHARGES (§§ 28-3-301 — 28-3-304) › Section 28-3-304 - Collection or reimbursement for underpayments or overpayments - Solid waste, garbage or refuse collection or disposal

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality shall not refund an overpayment or collect amounts owed to the municipality as a result of an underpayment or nonpayment of any charge or fee imposed for solid waste, garbage, or refuse collection or disposal services if such overpayment, underpayment, or nonpayment is more than thirty-six (36) months past the date payment was first due.
Acts 2004, ch. 692, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-101 - Application of equitable remedies

The provisions of this Code relating to injunctions, appointment of receivers, and other extraordinary process, apply equally to equity proceedings in any court.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 271,s 1, eff. 5/4/2017.
Code 1858, § 3766; Shan., § 5547; Code 1932, § 9717; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-102.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-102 - Injunction pending litigation

In real actions, and in actions for the recovery of personal property in specie, the court in which the suit is pending may restrain the injury, removal, or destruction of the property by process of injunction, until the cause is finally disposed of.
Code 1858, § 3767; Shan., § 5548; Code 1932, § 9718; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-103.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-103 - Receivers pending litigation

The courts are all vested with power to appoint receivers for the safekeeping, collection, management, and disposition of property in litigation in such court, whenever necessary to the ends of substantial justice, in like manner as receivers are appointed by courts of chancery.
Code 1858, § 3768; Shan., § 5549; Code 1932, § 9719; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-104.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-104 - Receiver's bond

The clerk and master, when so directed by the order of the judge or chancellor, shall take bond and security from the receiver, or the complainant, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the receiver.
Code 1858, § 4453 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 47, § 1); Shan., § 6269; Code 1932, § 10559; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-105 - Courts' powers over extraordinary process

In all proper cases, also, any of the courts may use all other extraordinary process of the court of chancery, and in the same way as that court, when necessary to effect the ends of justice.
Code 1858, § 3769; Shan., § 5550; Code 1932, § 9720; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-106 - Judges granting extraordinary process

Injunctions, attachments, except as otherwise provided, writs of ne exeat, and other extraordinary process are granted by the chancellors, circuit judges, and judges of criminal and special courts.
Code 1858, § 4434 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 9); Acts 1871, ch. 49; Shan., § 6246; mod. Code 1932, § 10533; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-107 - Statement as to first application

No such extraordinary process shall be granted, unless the party applying therefor state in the party's bill or petition that it is the first application for such process.
Code 1858, § 4435 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 7, § 1); Shan., § 6247; Code 1932, § 10534; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-108 - Application after refusal

If any application is made for extraordinary process and refused, no other application shall be granted, except by the court in which the bill is filed.
Code 1858, § 4436; Shan., § 6253; Code 1932, § 10539; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-110.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-109 - Endorsement of refusal

When an application is refused, the officer to whom the same is made shall endorse the refusal on the bill and sign the officer's name thereto, and anyone erasing such endorsement is guilty of, and may be punished for defacing a record.
Code 1858, § 4437; Shan., § 6254; Code 1932, § 10540; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-111.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-110 - Transmission of bill and fiat to clerk

It is the duty of the judge, upon granting the fiat, to envelope the bill and fiat under seal, and direct to the clerk of the court in which the bill is filed, who alone is authorized to open the package.
Code 1858, § 4438 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 71, § 3); Shan., § 6255; Code 1932, § 10541; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-1-111) › Section 29-1-111 - Scope of provisions

Sections
29-1-104
- 29-1-110 and chapters 19 and 24 of this title will apply to all cases in any of the courts which may be resorted to for the extraordinary process provided for in this chapter.
Code 1858, § 4454; Shan., § 6270; Code 1932, § 10560; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 2 - STATUTE OF FRAUDS (§ 29-2-101) › Section 29-2-101 - Writing required for action

(a)
No action shall be brought:
(1)
To charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer any debt or damages out of such person's own estate;
(2)
To charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person;
(3)
To charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage;
(4)
Upon any contract for the sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or the making of any lease thereof for a longer term than one (1) year; or
(5)
Upon any agreement or contract which is not to be performed within the space of one (1) year from the making of the agreement or contract;
unless the promise or agreement, upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person lawfully authorized by such party. In a contract for the sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, the party to be charged is the party against whom enforcement of the contract is sought.
(b)
(1)
No action shall be brought against a lender or creditor upon any promise or commitment to lend money or to extend credit, or upon any promise or commitment to alter, amend, renew, extend or otherwise modify or supplement any written promise, agreement or commitment to lend money or extend credit, unless the promise or agreement, upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the lender or creditor, or some other person lawfully authorized by such lender or creditor.
(2)
A promise or commitment described in subdivision (b)(1) need not be signed by the lender or creditor, if such promise or commitment is in the form of a promissory note or other writing that describes the credit or loan and that by its terms:
(A)
Is intended by the parties to be signed by the debtor but not by the lender or creditor;
(B)
Has actually been signed by the debtor; and
(C)
Delivery of which has been accepted by the lender or creditor.
(c)
For purposes of this section, a writing, or some memorandum or note thereof, includes a record.
Code 1858, § 1758 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 25, § 1); Shan., § 3142; Code 1932, § 7831; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-201; Acts 1989, ch. 88, §1; 1997 , ch. 272, § 2; 2006, ch. 810, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-102 - Jurisdiction to abate

The jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the chancery, circuit, and criminal courts and any court designated as an environmental court pursuant to chapter 426 of the Public Acts of 1991, chapter 212 of the Public Acts of 1993 or chapter 667 of the Public Acts of 2002 to abate the public nuisances defined in §
29-3-101
, upon petition in the name of the state, upon relation of the attorney general and reporter, or any district attorney general, or any city or county attorney, or without the concurrence of any such officers, upon the relation of ten (10) or more citizens and freeholders of the county wherein such nuisances may exist, in the manner herein provided.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 789, s 1, eff. 4/24/2014.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 2; Shan., § 5164a2; Code 1932, § 9325; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-302; modified; 2000, ch. 720, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-103 - Filing of bill - Parties

When a public nuisance, as defined in §
29-3-101
, is kept, maintained, carried on, or exists in any county, a bill or petition may be filed in any chancery, circuit, or criminal court of such county, in the name of the state, by and upon the relation of the respective officers or persons named in §
29-3-102
, against the person keeping, maintaining, or carrying on such nuisance, and all aiders and abettors therein, and the owners, proprietors, or agents or persons or corporations in charge or control of the building or place wherein such nuisance exists, for the purpose of having such nuisance abated and permanently discontinued. In addition, petitions under this chapter for the abatement of gang related conduct may be brought against the gang itself to which the gang members belong.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 865, s 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 3; Shan., § 5164a3; mod. Code 1932, § 9326; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-303.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-104 - Bond of relators

Where such bill or petition is filed by citizens and freeholders, they shall make bond, in such sum as the judge or chancellor shall prescribe, conditioned to pay all costs and damages in the event the court trying the case shall adjudge that the proceeding was instituted without probable cause; but no bond for costs or damages shall be required where the proceeding is instituted by and upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter or a district attorney general or a county or a city attorney.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 3, Shan., § 516414; Code 1932 § 9327; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), 23-304; modified.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-105 - Temporary injunction

(a)
In such proceeding, the court, or a judge or chancellor in vacation, shall, upon the presentation of a bill or petition therefor, alleging that the nuisance complained of exists, award a temporary writ of injunction, enjoining and restraining the further continuance of such nuisance, and the closing of the building or place wherein the same is conducted until the further order of the court, judge, or chancellor.
(b)
The award of a temporary writ of injunction shall be accompanied by such bond as is required by law in such cases, in case the bill is filed by citizens and freeholders; but no bond shall be required when such is filed by the officers provided for, if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court, judge or chancellor, by evidence in the form of a due and proper verification of the bill or petition under oath, or of affidavits, depositions, oral testimony, or otherwise, as the complaints or petitioners may elect, that the allegations of such bill or petition are true.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 4; Shan., § 5164a5; mod. Code 1932, § 9328; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-305; modified.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-106 - Notice of hearing - Effect of injunction - Ex parte writ

(a)
(1)
Five (5) days' notice in writing shall be given the defendant of the hearing of the application; and if then continued at defendant's instance, the writ as prayed for shall be granted as a matter of course.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (c), if a defendant, who is the owner of the property and not the person keeping, maintaining, or carrying on the nuisance, demonstrates that the defendant was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving the notice required by this subsection (a), and that the defendant has voluntarily taken steps after receiving notice to abate the nuisance without the involvement of the court, the court may dismiss the petition or continue the action pending further action by the defendant.
(b)
When the injunction shall have been granted, it shall be binding upon the defendant throughout the county until modified or set aside by the court, judge, or chancellor having cognizance of the case; and any violation of the injunction by the defendant, or upon defendant's procurement, shall be a contempt of court and punished as hereinafter provided.
(c)
When a bill or petition is made by any of the respective officers named in §
29-3-102
and supported by affidavit that there is probable cause to believe that a public nuisance exists, neither notice of the application nor of the hearing shall be required before the court may grant the writ, ex parte. A hearing shall be conducted within five (5) days following the execution of the writ closing and padlocking the premises, or the writ shall expire. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the defendant. If the defendant seeks to continue the hearing on the temporary injunction beyond the five-day period, the temporary injunction shall remain in effect.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1067, s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 4; Shan., § 5164a6; Code 1932, § 9329; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §23-306; Acts 2007 , ch. 331, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-107 - Voluntary dismissal - Substitution of relators

(a)
No such proceeding shall be voluntarily dismissed except upon a written, sworn statement of the relator or relators of the reasons for dismissal.
(b)
If such reasons are not satisfactory to the court, or the court shall be of opinion that the proceeding ought not to be dismissed, it may order the same to proceed, and may substitute another relator or relators willing to act as such, either with or without bond, in the court's discretion.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 5; Shan., § 5164a10; Code 1932, § 9333; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-307.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-108 - Time of trial

Proceedings under §§
29-3-101
- 29-3-111 shall be triable at the first term after due notice or service of process, and shall, in the chancery and circuit courts, be given precedence over all other causes.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 5; Shan., § 5164a8; Code 1932, § 9331; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-309.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-109 - Discovery

Discovery may be permitted under the rules of civil procedure consistent with a scheduling order entered by the court upon motion of any party or upon the court's own initiative. Discovery shall not disrupt the effect of the temporary injunction issued under §
29-3-105
or §
29-3-106
, and neither the identity nor the location of a confidential informant used to establish gang membership under §
29-3-101(a)(2)
shall be discoverable.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 865, s 3, eff. 7/1/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-111 - Penalty for violation

(a)
If any person breaks into, enters, or uses any building or place while closed under a preliminary injunction granted under §§
29-3-101
- 29-3-111, violates any permanent injunction granted under such sections, or knowingly violates any temporary or permanent gang injunction, such person commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(b)
As used in this section, "knowingly" refers to the mental state as described in §
39-11-302
.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 865, s 6, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1913 (2nd Ex. Sess.), ch. 2, § 7; Shan., § 5164a12; Code 1932, § 9335; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-312; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-112 - Unlawfully engaging in business or profession

The carrying on, conducting, or practice of any profession, business, or occupation which is prohibited by law, unless the person so engaging in such profession, business, or occupation is in the possession of or holds a license issued by some board or other authority organized under the laws of the state, by any person not possessed of or holding the required license, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the same may be abated under any procedure now provided by law for the abatement of any public nuisance, and such abatement may be accomplished by injunction.
Acts 1919, ch. 158, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 5158a1; Code 1932, §9316; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-313.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-113 - Relators in abatement of business or occupation

The writ of injunction provided for in §
29-3-112
may be sued out by the board, or commissioner, charged with the supervision of the particular business or profession; or by any person affected by such nuisance.
Acts 1919, ch. 158, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 5158a2; mod. Code 1932, §9317; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-314.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-114 - Abatement incident to action for damages

In all suits brought for the recovery of damages resulting from any nuisance, and the finding that the matter complained of is a nuisance, the court exercising a sound discretion may immediately, upon petition of plaintiff, order or decline to order the nuisance to be abated.
Code 1858, § 3403 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 146, § 2); Acts 1901, ch. 139, § 1; Shan., § 5158; Code 1932, § 9314; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-315.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 3 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (§§ 29-3-101 — 29-3-115) › Section 29-3-115 - Proof in action for damages

On the trial of such action for the recovery of damages, either party may show by proof the extent, if any, of the injury or injuries complained of, and how the alleged nuisance is caused or originated.
Acts 1901, ch. 139, § 2; Shan., § 5158a1; Code 1932, § 9315; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-316.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 4 - AGREED CASES (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-105) › Section 29-4-101 - Agreement to submit - Court to which submitted

The same parties who are entitled to enter into an agreement of submission to arbitration, and including contestants' titles to real property, may, in like manner, with or without action brought, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and submit the same to the circuit or chancery court of the county in which either of the parties resides, or in which a suit might have been brought to determine such controversy.
Code 1858, § 3450 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 5); Shan., §5206; mod. Code 1932, § 9383; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-401.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 4 - AGREED CASES (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-105) › Section 29-4-102 - Real controversy

It must appear by the affidavit of the parties, or their attorneys, that the controversy is real, and the proceeding in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties.
Code 1858, § 3451 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 5); Shan., §5207; Code 1932, § 9384; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-402.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 4 - AGREED CASES (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-105) › Section 29-4-103 - Costs

The parties shall give bond and security for the costs of an agreed case, unless they pay the clerk's fees and state tax in advance; and all costs incurred shall be borne equally by the parties, unless they agree that the costs shall abide the event of the cause.
Code 1858, § 3453 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 6); Shan., §5209; Code 1932, § 9386; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-403.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 4 - AGREED CASES (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-105) › Section 29-4-104 - Judgment - Jurisdiction

The judgment or decree shall be entered as in other cases, and no objection shall lie to the jurisdiction of the circuit or chancery court, whether the matter be of legal or equitable cognizance.
Code 1858, § 3452 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, §§ 6, 7); Shan., § 5208; Code 1932, § 9385; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-404.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 4 - AGREED CASES (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-105) › Section 29-4-105 - Appeal

The parties to submission and agreed cases are entitled to all the benefits of the proceedings for the correction of errors.
Code 1858, § 3454 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 8); Shan., §5210; Code 1932, § 9387; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-405.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-101 - Subjects of arbitration

All causes of action, whether there be a suit pending therefor or not, may be submitted to the decision of one (1) or more arbitrators, except in one (1) of the following cases:
(1)
Where one (1) of the parties to the controversy is an infant or a person adjudicated incompetent;
(2)
One (1) respecting a claim to an estate in real property, in fee or for life. Not included in the exception are:
(A)
A controversy in regard to an estate or term for one (1) year or less or of years not exceeding five (5); or
(B)
Respecting the partition of real property, or the boundaries of lands.
Code 1858, § 3432 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, §1); Shan., § 5188; mod. Code 1932, § 9359; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-501; Acts 2011 , ch. 47, § 19.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-102 - Scope of submission

The submission may be of some particular matters or demands, or of all demands which one (1) party has against the other, or of all mutual demands.
Code 1858, § 3435; Shan., § 5191; Code 1932, § 9362; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-502.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-103 - Parties entitled to submit

The submission may be made by any party in interest, or by an executor, administrator, trustee, or assignee for creditors.
Code 1858, § 3433; Shan., § 5189; mod. Code 1932, § 9360; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-503.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-104 - Contents of agreement - Court of entry

(a)
The submission shall be by written agreement, general or special, specifying what demands are to be submitted, the names of the arbitrators or the manner of their selection, but not necessarily that of the umpire, and the court by which the judgment on their award is to be rendered, and if such written agreement requires one (1) of the parties to name an arbitrator and such party fails to do so, the court by which the judgment on the award is to be rendered shall on such failure so to name an arbitrator, upon the petition of the opposite party, appoint such arbitrator.
(b)
The agreement may specify that the submission be entered of record in any court of law or equity, or, in cases within its jurisdiction, before a judge of the court of general sessions.
Code 1858, §§ 3434, 3436 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 1); Shan., §§ 5190, 5192; mod. Code 1932, §§ 9361, 9364; Acts 1943, ch. 86, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 9361; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-504.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-105 - Entry of agreement - Order of submission

On proof of such agreement, or by consent of parties in person or by counsel, it shall be entered in the proceedings of the court or on the docket of the judge, and an order made that the parties submit to the award, which shall be made in pursuance of such agreement. Upon such proof or consent, the judge may, in vacation, make upon the agreement the order mentioned in this section, and such order shall have the same force and effect as if made in term.
Code 1858, §§ 3437, 3438 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 1); Shan., §§ 5193, 5194; Code 1932, §§ 9365, 9366; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-505.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-106 - Irrevocability of submission

No such submission shall be revocable after the submission agreement is signed by the parties or entered of record, without leave of the court, except by mutual consent entered of record.
Code 1858, § 3439 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 2); Shan., § 5195; Code 1932, § 9367; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-506.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-107 - Notice of hearing - Continuances

(a)
The arbitrators shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing, which notice shall be served or accepted at least five (5) days before the day set for trial.
(b)
They, or a majority of them, may grant continuances upon their own motion or upon application of either party for good cause shown, but not to a day beyond the time set for the rendering of the final award unless an extension is granted by court or expressly agreed to in writing by the parties or their attorneys.
Code 1858, § 3442; Shan., § 5198; mod. Code 1932, § 9370; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-507.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-108 - Failure of parties to appear

If either party neglects to appear for trial after due notice, except on account of sickness or unavoidable absence, the arbitrators may proceed to a hearing and determination.
Code 1932, § 9371; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-508.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-109 - Evidence and witnesses

(a)
In all submission cases, depositions may be taken to be used before the arbitrators, and witnesses may be summoned by subpoena, to be issued by the clerk of the court as in other cases.
(b)
These witnesses may be sworn by any arbitrator, or umpire, and, if guilty of false swearing, they are liable to all the penalties of perjury, as if sworn in court.
(c)
Witnesses are also subject to all the penalties prescribed by law, for failing to attend and give testimony, in pursuance of the subpoena, as well as in damages to the party injured by their default; and, on the other hand, they are entitled to like privileges and like compensation as other witnesses. The forfeiture shall be enforced as provided in §
24-2-103
.
Code 1858, §§ 3443-3445 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 46, §§ 1, 2; 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 4); Shan., §§ 5199-5201; mod. Code 1932, §§ 9372-9374; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-509.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-110 - Umpire

(a)
Where, and only where, the submission expressly so provides may an umpire be appointed by the arbitrators; the same to be done by them in writing.
(b)
The umpire shall sit with the original arbitrators upon the hearing; if testimony has been taken before the umpire's appointment, the matter must be reheard unless a rehearing is waived in the original submission or by subsequent written consent of the parties.
(c)
One (1) or more points in dispute may be referred to an umpire.
Code 1932, § 9363; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-510.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-111 - Time of filing award

(a)
If the time within which the award is to be made is fixed in the submission, no award made after that time shall have any legal effect, unless made upon a recommitment by the court; the court or parties by consent in writing may, however, enlarge the time within which an award is to be made.
(b)
If the time of filing the award is not fixed in the submission, it shall be filed within eight (8) months from the time such submission is signed, unless by mutual consent the time is prolonged.
Code 1858, §§ 3440, 3441 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 2); Shan., §§ 5196, 5197; Code 1932, §§ 9368, 9369; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-511.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101) › Chapter 5 - ARBITRATION (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-331) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 29-5-101 — 29-5-119) › Section 29-5-112 - Transmission of award to court

The award shall be in writing, and should be delivered by the umpire or one (1) of the arbitrators to the court designated in the agreement, or it may be enclosed and sealed by them, and transmitted to the court, and not opened until the court orders.
Code 1858, § 3446; Shan., § 5202; mod. Code 1932, § 9375; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-512.