In order to establish a rebuttable presumption of legal title to real property for the purpose of bringing an action of ejectment, it shall be sufficient for a person claiming legal title to establish the chain of title to the property for the preceding fifty (50) years in any instance where the property title records of the county have been destroyed so as to make it impossible to trace the title of the property to the earliest sale or grant.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
§ 29-15-101. Alternative Actions
§ 29-15-102. Right to Ejectment
§ 29-15-103. Parties Defendant
§ 29-15-104. Contents of Declaration
§ 29-15-105. Joinder of Counts and Parties
§ 29-15-107. Facts to Be Proved
§ 29-15-108. Title Bonds as Evidence
§ 29-15-109. Parties Involved in Verdict
§ 29-15-110. Land Described in Verdict
§ 29-15-111. Expiration of Plaintiff's Right
§ 29-15-112. General Verdict for Plaintiff
§ 29-15-113. Judgment Conforming to Verdict or Declaration
§ 29-15-114. Writ of Possession
§ 29-15-121. Mesne Profits — Improvements
§ 29-15-122. Tenant's Liability for Rents