Upon confirmation of a sale of land by the chancery court, it shall divest title out of the owner and vest it in the purchaser; provided, that the owner of the land shall continue in possession, and shall be entitled to the rents and profits thereof until the expiration of two (2) years from the date of confirmation, at the expiration of which two (2) years, and not before, the clerk and master may, on application, issue to the purchaser a writ of possession for the land. Where title is so vested in a purchaser or a purchaser's heirs or assigns, the land shall be subject to any other assessments not yet due or unpaid, that may have been fixed or levied upon it at the time of such confirmation of sale, for the benefit of the improvement district on account of which such sale has been made.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts
Part 8 - Levy and Collection of Assessments
§ 69-5-801. Special Assessment Made After Creation of District
§ 69-5-803. Collected Assessment a Fund for Costs and Expenses
§ 69-5-804. Fund to Be Paid Out Under Orders
§ 69-5-805. Bonds of Trustee and County Clerk
§ 69-5-806. Provisions Applicable if District Contains More Than One County
§ 69-5-807. Appeal From Order Fixing Assessments and Benefits
§ 69-5-809. Employment of Counsel — Payment of Fee
§ 69-5-811. Unenforceable Assessments
§ 69-5-812. Correction of Failure to Bring Landowner Before Court or to Report Land
§ 69-5-813. Drainage Assessment Book — Due Date of Assessments
§ 69-5-814. Vendee to Report Sale of Tract — Collections Made Accordingly
§ 69-5-815. Sale of Part of Tract
§ 69-5-816. Sale for Collection of Assessments Certified to Clerk and Trustee
§ 69-5-817. Trustee to Collect Assessments — Notice to Delinquents — Penalty
§ 69-5-818. Date Assessments Become Delinquent — Penalty and Interest
§ 69-5-819. Assessments Become Liens on Lands
§ 69-5-820. Suits in Chancery for Collection of Assessments — Exceptions
§ 69-5-821. Bills in Name of County Against Owners of All Assessed Lands
§ 69-5-822. Delinquent List Is Prima Facie Evidence
§ 69-5-823. Chancery Procedure — Hearing as to One or More Defendants
§ 69-5-824. Tax Assessment of Tracts Partly Outside District Limits
§ 69-5-825. Taxes to Be Reported and First Paid Out of Proceeds of Sales
§ 69-5-826. Vestiture of Title Subject to Other Assessments — Writ of Possession
§ 69-5-828. Attorney's Fee Fixed and Charged on Land
§ 69-5-829. Decree Upon Redemption — Writ of Possession
§ 69-5-830. Redemption After Restoration of Competency
§ 69-5-831. Proceedings in Accordance With Chancery Procedure
§ 69-5-832. Assessments Collectible Out of Assessed Lands Only
§ 69-5-833. Excessive Assessments of Acreage — Correction
§ 69-5-834. Fiscal Agent — Purchase by District of Lands Sold for Delinquency