2021 Tennessee Code
Title 26 - Execution
Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 26-1-101. Writs to Secure Property - If a judgment or decree be that the party recover...

§ 26-1-102. Attachment in Nature of Execution - In all cases where judicial process or execution, according to...

§ 26-1-103. Enforcement of Money Judgments - All judgments and decrees of any of the judicial tribunals...

§ 26-1-104. Property Subject to Execution - Executions issue against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements,...

§ 26-1-105. Distringas or Fieri Facias Against Corporate Property - The party, in whose favor a judgment or decree is...

§ 26-1-106. Execution for Benefit of Executive Officer's Sureties - Code 1858, §§ 2994, 2995 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 145,...

§ 26-1-107. Setting Aside Satisfaction After Recovery of Property by Defendant - In all cases in which property, real or personal, is...

§ 26-1-108. Return of Original Before Issue of Alias Execution - No alias or pluries execution shall issue until the previous...

§ 26-1-109. When Executions Tested - Court executions are tested the day of issuance. Code 1858,...

§ 26-1-110. Garnishee Unable to Identify Defendant - may return the execution with the statement “Defendant cannot be...

Part 2 - Time for Issuance

§ 26-1-201. Issuance Without Demand - The clerks of the several courts may issue executions in...

§ 26-1-202. Time of Issuance From Supreme Court - Each clerk of the supreme court is authorized and directed...

§ 26-1-203. Time of Issuance From Courts of Record - The clerks of the various courts of record may issue...

§ 26-1-207. Issuance on Demand - In all other cases, the clerk shall issue to the...

Part 3 - Endorsement and Docketing

§ 26-1-301. Endorsement on Execution - The clerk shall endorse on the execution, when issued, the...

§ 26-1-302. Docket Entry - The clerk shall also enter upon the execution docket the...

§ 26-1-303. Penalties for Failure to Endorse or Docket - Any clerk neglecting § 26-1-301 or § 26-1-302 is liable...

§ 26-1-304. Endorsement by Executive Officer - Code 1858, §§ 3018, 3019 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1,...

Part 4 - Return

§ 26-1-401. When Executions Returnable - Code 1858, §§ 3021-3024 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 6, §...

§ 26-1-402. Duties of Executing Officer - Every sheriff or other officer to whose hands an execution...