The method of obtaining the writ shall be the same as when the suit is prosecuted in court, and the following shall in substance be the form of the writ:
State of Tennessee, To the sheriff or any constable of such county:
County
I command you to summon to appear before me, or some other general sessions judge of such county, to answer the complaint of , for unlawfully taking out of the possession and detaining [describe the property], the property of .
This day of , 20 . E.F., G.S.J.
Code 1858, § 3395 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 32, § 8); Shan., § 5150; Code 1932, § 9305; Acts 1973, ch. 365, § 12(d); impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2323.
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Remedies Under the Tennessee Commercial Code (John A. Walker, Jr.), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 1197.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 30 - Recovery of Personal Property
§ 29-30-203. Procedure After Personal Service but Failure to Get Property
§ 29-30-204. Publication on Nonresident
§ 29-30-205. Clerk's Liability for Insufficient Bond
§ 29-30-206. Trial Without Personal Service
§ 29-30-208. Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-209. Failure to Return Goods Under Alternative Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-210. Exemplary Damages
§ 29-30-213. Execution of General Sessions Judge's Writ
§ 29-30-214. General Sessions Court Judgment for Defendant