2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer

§ 29-18-101. Unlawful Entry Prohibited - No person shall enter upon any lands, tenements, or other...

§ 29-18-102. Forcible Entry and Detainer Defined — Where Action Does Not Lie - Code 1858, § 3342 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, §...

§ 29-18-103. Forcible Detainer Defined - A forcible detainer is where a person enters lawfully or...

§ 29-18-104. Unlawful Detainer Defined - Unlawful detainer is where the defendant enters by contract, either...

§ 29-18-105. Scope of Definitions - Sections 29-18-101 — 29-18-104 extend to and comprehend terms for...

§ 29-18-106. Alternative Actions - Where the action is to recover real property, ejectment, or...

§ 29-18-107. Jurisdiction of General Sessions Judge - All cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, and...

§ 29-18-108. Original Jurisdiction of Circuit Court - The action for the recovery of the possession of land,...

§ 29-18-109. Limitation of Actions - The uninterrupted occupation or quiet possession of the premises in...

§ 29-18-110. Death of Parties - Code 1858, §§ 3368, 3369 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 113,...

§ 29-18-111. Plaintiff's Bond - The party complaining is required, before the issuance of the...

§ 29-18-112. Form of Warrant - The warrant may be issued by a single general sessions...

§ 29-18-113. Notice to Quit Not Required - No notice to quit need be given by the plaintiff...

§ 29-18-114. Defects in Proceedings - The warrant need not set forth the particular species of...

§ 29-18-116. Neglect to Execute Process - Any officer neglecting or refusing to execute any process, under...

§ 29-18-117. Time of Trial - The officer serving the warrant shall notify the defendant of...

§ 29-18-118. Postponement of Trial - The general sessions judge may, at the request of either...

§ 29-18-119. Manner of Trial — Title Not Inquired Into - Code 1858, §§ 3353, 3354; (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14,...

§ 29-18-120. Trial in Circuit Court - Code 1858, § 3367 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, §§...

§ 29-18-121. Subpoenas - The general sessions judge before whom the complaint is made,...

§ 29-18-122. Fees - Code 1858, § 3365 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 131, §...

§ 29-18-124. Form of Judgment for Plaintiff - The judgment for the plaintiff should be endorsed on the...

§ 29-18-125. Monetary Judgments for Plaintiff - In all cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer,...

§ 29-18-126. Delay Before Execution - No execution or writ of possession shall issue against the...

§ 29-18-127. Form of Execution and Writ — Disposition of Personal Property Following Defendant's Removal From Property - State of Tennessee, To the sheriff or any constable of...

§ 29-18-128. Appeal - An appeal will also lie in suits commenced before general...

§ 29-18-129. Certiorari and Supersedeas to Circuit Court - The proceedings in such actions may, within thirty (30) days...

§ 29-18-131. Monetary Judgment in Circuit Court - Code 1858, §§ 3363, 3364 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186,...

§ 29-18-132. [reserved.] - Code 1858, §§ 3370, 3371 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 63,...

§ 29-18-134. Trespass Action - The judgment in a case of forcible entry and detainer...