2021 Tennessee Code
Title 66 - Property

§ 66-4-301. Restrictive Covenants on Loans by Nonprofit Lenders at a Zero or Low Interest Rate - This zero percent (0%) interest or low interest rate loan...

Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 66-5-101. Grants or Devises Passing Full Estate - Every grant or devise of real estate, or any interest...

§ 66-5-103. Forms of Conveyances - The following or other equivalent forms, varied to suit the...

§ 66-5-104. Execution by Agent or Attorney - Instruments in relation to real or personal property, executed by...

§ 66-5-106. Authentication and Registration Required — Formal Ceremonies Unnecessary - No deed of conveyance for lands, in whatever manner or...

§ 66-5-107. Correction of Errors - Code 1858, §§ 2014-2019 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 83, §§...

§ 66-5-108. Preservation, or Extinguishment and Reversion of Mineral Interests - COMPLAINT FOR CLAIM OF ABANDONED MINERAL INTEREST I, , after...

§ 66-5-111. Identification of Specific Mineral Interests to Be Conveyed - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, where an owner of...

Part 2 - Residential Property Disclosures

§ 66-5-201. General Provisions - This part applies only with respect to transfers by sale,...

§ 66-5-202. Required Disclosures or Disclaimers - With regard to transfers described in § 66-5-201, the owner...

§ 66-5-205. Liability for Changed Circumstances - If information disclosed in accordance with this part is subsequently...

§ 66-5-206. Duties of Real Estate Licensees - A real estate licensee representing an owner of residential real...

§ 66-5-207. Liability for Nondisclosure of Communicable Diseases or Criminal Acts on Property - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this part, or any...

§ 66-5-209. Exempt Property Transfers - The following are specifically excluded from this part:

§ 66-5-210. Disclosure Form - Following is the form prescribed by the general assembly which...

§ 66-5-212. Disclosure of Known Percolation Tests or Soil Absorption Rates — Disclosure of Foundation Move — Disclosure of Presence of Sinkhole - Means a subterranean void created by the dissolution of limestone...

Chapter 6 - Tennessee Coordinate System

§ 66-6-102. Coordinates Used - The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's...

§ 66-6-103. Technical Definitions of Systems - The “Tennessee Coordinate System of 1927” is a Lambert conformal...

§ 66-6-104. Proximity to Horizontal Control Monuments Required for Use of Coordinates - Unless established by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) methods, no...

Chapter 7 - Leases

§ 66-7-101. Writing Required for Long Term Leases — Authentication and Registration - Leases for more than three (3) years shall be in...

§ 66-7-102. Effect of Injury to Buildings - Code 1932, §§ 7619, 7620; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 64-702,...

§ 66-7-105. Adult Bookstores and Movie Houses — Leases Unenforceable - Hereby declared against public policy and unenforceable are all leases...

§ 66-7-110. Rental Termination Rights for Persons With Physical Disabilities - A person with a physical disability shall be permitted to...

Chapter 8 - Redemption of Real Estate Sold for Debt

§ 66-8-101. Right of Redemption — Waiver - Real estate sold for debt shall be redeemable at any...

§ 66-8-102. Period in Which Redeemable - Real estate sold for debt and made redeemable shall continue...

§ 66-8-103. Waiver of Right in Mortgage or Trust Deed - The right of redemption does not extend to any sale...

§ 66-8-104. Timber on Land Subject to Redemption — Waste - No person holding the temporary title to real estate, subject...

§ 66-8-105. Remedies Against Waste - The person having the right to redeem such real estate...

§ 66-8-106. Purchase Price Paid on Redemption - Any debtor whose interest in real estate has been so...

§ 66-8-107. Advance on Bid by Purchasing Creditor - If the purchaser is a bona fide creditor by judgment,...

§ 66-8-108. Redemption From Redeeming Creditor - A bona fide creditor, who redeems from the purchaser at...

§ 66-8-109. Advance on Redemption Price by Redeeming Creditor - When any such creditor has redeemed land from the original...

§ 66-8-110. Total Amount Payable on Redemption - The person proposing to redeem shall always pay, or tender,...

§ 66-8-111. Unauthorized Increase of Bid - In no case shall the holder or claimant of the...

§ 66-8-112. Rent During Redemption Period - The debtor, permitted by the purchaser to remain in possession,...

§ 66-8-113. Payment of Redemption Money Through Clerk of Court — Failure of Clerk to Pay Over - Code 1858, §§ 2136, 2137 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 179,...

§ 66-8-114. Enforcement of Right to Redemption - Code 1932, § 7750; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-815; Acts...

Chapter 9 - Easements and Restrictive Covenants

Part 1 - Preservation Restrictions

§ 66-9-101. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-9-102. Enforceability of Preservation Restrictions - No preservation restriction held by any governmental body or by...

§ 66-9-103. Enforcement of Preservation Restriction — Entry on Land — Recovery of Damages - A preservation restriction may be enforced by injunction or other...

Part 2 - Solar Access Law of 1979

§ 66-9-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-9-202. Legislative Findings and Declarations - The general assembly finds that the use of solar energy...

§ 66-9-203. “Solar Energy System” Defined - As used in this part, “solar energy system” means any...

§ 66-9-205. Easement to Run With the Land — Abandonment of Easement - A solar easement shall be presumed to run with the...

§ 66-9-206. Writing and Recordation Required - Any easement obtained pursuant to this part shall be in...

Part 3 - Conservation Easement Act of 1981

§ 66-9-301. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “Conservation Easement Act...

§ 66-9-302. Legislative Findings - It is the finding of the general assembly that the...

§ 66-9-303. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-9-306. Validity of Easement - No conservation easement shall be held unenforceable because of privity...

§ 66-9-309. Applicability - This part shall not affect any easement entered into prior...

Part 4 - Restrictive Covenants

§ 66-9-401. Effect of Waiver - Any waiver of a restrictive covenant applicable to a subdivision...

§ 66-9-402. Exemptions From Actions - No action shall lie in any court of law or...

§ 66-9-403. Applicability - This part shall not be construed to apply to preservation...

Chapter 10 - Vendor's Liens

§ 66-10-101. Right to Sell Land for Payment of Vendor - The vendor of land, as each payment of the purchase...

§ 66-10-102. Jurisdiction to Enforce Against Land - The court of chancery has jurisdiction to enforce the vendor's...

§ 66-10-103. Successive Sales to Meet Installments - The suit shall be retained in court, and, as each...

§ 66-10-104. Sale of Land as a Whole - If the land cannot be divided without material injury to...

§ 66-10-105. Redemption - Whether the land is all sold, or is sold in...

Chapter 11 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 66-11-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 66-11-102. Lien for Work and Materials - Code 1858, § 1981 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 118, §§...

§ 66-11-103. Contract With Owner's Spouse - When the contract for improving real property is made with...

§ 66-11-104. Time of Attachment of Lien - Code 1932, § 7915; Acts 1977, ch. 424, § 1;...

§ 66-11-105. Extent of Lien — Removal of Property - Code 1932, § 7916; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1105; Acts...

§ 66-11-106. Duration of Lien - A prime contractor's lien shall continue for one (1) year...

§ 66-11-107. Parity of Liens — Priority of Laborers' Liens - All liens provided by this chapter, except those of laborers,...

§ 66-11-108. Priority Over Mortgage - If the contract for an improvement is made with a...

§ 66-11-109. Priority for Other Liens Not Created by This Chapter - Section 66-11-108 shall also apply to any other person claiming...

§ 66-11-110. Effect of Judgment Lien - A judgment lien of record shall not defeat a lien...

§ 66-11-111. Authentication and Registration of Lien - Where the lienor's contract is in writing, and has been...

§ 66-11-112. Preservation of Priority of Lien for Subsequent Purchasers or Encumbrancers — Abandonment — Lien on Structure With Water Furnished by Well — Form for Notice of Lien - NOTICE OF LIEN State of County of being first duly...

§ 66-11-113. Materials Exempt From Attachment, Execution or Other Process to Enforce Debt - Whenever materials have been furnished to improve real property and...

§ 66-11-114. Repossession and Removal of Materials - Code 1932, § 7922; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1114; Acts...

§ 66-11-115. Liens by Remote Contractors - Code 1858, § 1986 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 118, §...

§ 66-11-118. Multiple Lots or Improvements - Code 1932, § 7936; Acts 1975, ch. 317, § 1;...

§ 66-11-119. Amendment of Notice of Lien - Code 1932, §§ 7930, 7931; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1119;...

§ 66-11-120. Lien Limited to Contract Price and Extras in the Contract - The claims secured by lien for work, labor, materials, equipment,...

§ 66-11-121. Insurance Proceeds Subject to Liens - Code 1932, § 7934; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1121; Acts...

§ 66-11-122. Transfer of Debt Without Notice - This lien shall not pass to any person to whom...

§ 66-11-123. Transfer of Debt by Contractor - The lien of another shall not be lost where any...

§ 66-11-124. Waiver of Lien — Payment Bonds - Code 1932, § 7939; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1124; Acts...

§ 66-11-125. Maintaining an Action on a Contract Not Precluded - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any...

§ 66-11-126. Methods of Enforcement - Liens under this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (5)(A),...

§ 66-11-127. Suits Against Personal Representatives - The provision of title 30, chapter 2, part 5, prohibiting...

§ 66-11-129. Right of Removal From Lands of Persons Under Disability - The right of removal provided in § 66-11-128 shall apply...

§ 66-11-130. Demand for Enforcement of Lien - Upon written demand of the owner, the owner's agent, or...

§ 66-11-131. Joinder of Petitioners - Where there are several persons entitled to the lien given...

§ 66-11-132. Consolidation of Proceedings - If separate complaints, petitions, or civil warrants to enforce liens...

§ 66-11-133. Adjudication of Conflicting Rights in Consolidated Proceeding - The court is authorized to adjudicate, in a consolidated proceeding,...

§ 66-11-134. Enforcement in General Sessions Court - Code 1858, §§ 3547-3549 (deriv. Acts 1857-1858, ch. 62, §§...

§ 66-11-135. Release of Lien — Recording Release - Code 1932, § 7935; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1137; Acts...

§ 66-11-136. Property Owner's Right to Bond Against Enforcement of Liens - The owner of the property on which the improvement is...

§ 66-11-137. Owner's Misapplication of Loan Proceeds — Violation - Code 1932, § 7943; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1139; Acts...

§ 66-11-138. Contractor's Misapplication of Payments — Violation - Code 1932, § 7944 (Williams, § 7944a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.),...

§ 66-11-139. Exaggeration of Claims by Lienor - If, in any proceeding to enforce the lien provided by...

§ 66-11-140. Misuse of Proceeds Prima Facie Evidence of Intent to Defraud - Use of the proceeds as enumerated in §§ 66-11-137 —...

§ 66-11-143. Protection From Unrecorded Lien Claims — Notice of Completion — Expiration of Lien Rights — Form of Notice of Completion - This Instrument prepared by: Name Address NOTICE OF COMPLETION Legal...

§ 66-11-145. Notice of Nonpayment — Form of Notice - NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT TO: [Owner] [Contractor contracting w/ Owner] Pursuant...

§ 66-11-150. Prohibited Liens - Notwithstanding any law in this chapter or any other law...

Part 2 - Truth in Construction and Consumer Protection Act of 1975

§ 66-11-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-11-202. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context or subject...

§ 66-11-203. Notice to Owner - Any contractor who is about to enter into a contract,...

§ 66-11-204. Rejection of Contracts - An owner of residential real property may reject a contract...

§ 66-11-205. Contractor's Notice to Owner That All Liens Have Been Paid — Guarantee — Form - Upon completion of the contract or improvement and upon receipt...

§ 66-11-207. Effect on Other Laws - This part shall not operate to repeal or affect any...

Chapter 12 - Crop Liens

§ 66-12-101. Landlord's Lien for Rent - A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise...

§ 66-12-102. Lien for Goods and Money Supplied - A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise...

§ 66-12-103. Lien for Farm Implements and Supplies - A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise...

§ 66-12-104. Priority of Landlord's Liens - The liens in §§ 66-12-101 — 66-12-103 shall all be...

§ 66-12-105. Expiration of Liens - The liens shall expire and be barred after July 1,...

§ 66-12-107. Liability of Purchaser of Crop - A purchaser, with or without notice, of a crop subject...

§ 66-12-108. Liability of Broker Selling Crop - Any factor, broker, commission merchant, or other person who sells...

§ 66-12-109. Disposal of Crop With Intent to Deprive Landlord of Lien - If any person disposes of any crop or part thereof...

§ 66-12-110. Criminal Liability Avoided by Payment of Claim - If the person so disposing of the property shall pay...

§ 66-12-111. Landlord's Portion of Crop Unaffected - Nothing in §§ 66-12-101 — 66-12-112 shall affect the portion...

§ 66-12-112. Joint Payment by Purchaser - Should a tenant, by the consent and permission of the...

§ 66-12-113. Laborer's Lien on Crops - When any person shall perform any labor or render services...

§ 66-12-114. Duration of Laborer's Lien - The lien provided for in § 66-12-113 shall exist three...

§ 66-12-115. Priority of Landlord's Lien - The lien provided for in § 66-12-113 shall not abridge...

Chapter 13 - Employees' Lien

§ 66-13-101. Lien on Business Property - All employees and laborers of any corporation, or firm, carrying...

§ 66-13-102. Duration - The lien created in § 66-13-101 shall only extend to...

§ 66-13-103. Priority Over Other Liens - No corporation or partnership doing business in this state shall...

Chapter 14 - Artisans' Lien

§ 66-14-103. Contents of Notice - The notice shall contain:

§ 66-14-104. Advertisement and Sale - In accordance with the terms of the notice provided for...

§ 66-14-105. Satisfaction of Lien by Owner - At any time before the goods are sold, any person...

§ 66-14-106. Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - If the goods are sold, from the proceeds of such...

§ 66-14-107. Alternate Method of Enforcement - In addition to the method of enforcement of the artisans'...

Chapter 15 - Manufacturers' and Processors' Liens -

Chapter 16 - Launderers', Cleaners' and Storage Liens -

Chapter 17 - Innkeeper's Lien

§ 66-17-101. Scope of Lien - All keepers of hotels, boardinghouses, and lodging houses, whether licensed...

§ 66-17-102. Time of Attachment - The lien shall attach in all cases where a liability...

Chapter 18 - Molders' Lien

§ 66-18-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-18-103. Conflicts With Federal Law - A sale shall not be made under this chapter if...

Chapter 19 - Liens on Vehicles and Conveyances

Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 66-19-101. Lien for Repairs to Conveyances Generally - There shall be a lien upon any type of conveyance...

§ 66-19-102. Duration of Lien - The lien shall be upon and include the conveyance and...

§ 66-19-103. Garagekeeper's or Towing Firm's Lien - Code 1932, § 7979; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1903;...

Part 2 - Liens on Boats

§ 66-19-201. Possessory Lien on Boats - Any debt contracted by the master, owner, agent, or consignee...

§ 66-19-202. Pleading of Lienor - The pleading of the lienor shall be in writing, on...

§ 66-19-203. Joinder of Plaintiffs in Suit - Any two (2) or more of such creditors or claimants...

§ 66-19-204. Plaintiffs' Bond - Before issuing process against the boat, the judge or clerk...

§ 66-19-205. Warrant to Attach Boat - Following the taking of the bond provided for in §...

§ 66-19-206. Retention of Possession by Sheriff - The sheriff, after seizing the property, shall retain possession of...

§ 66-19-207. Duplication of Attachments Prohibited - After a seizure of a boat at the suit of...

§ 66-19-208. Sale of Boat - If no bond has been given, the court shall, at...

§ 66-19-209. Protection of Prior Liens - Where there are prior liens on the boat by judgments...

§ 66-19-210. Apportionment of Proceeds of Sale - If the proceeds of the boat, tackle, and furniture are...

§ 66-19-211. Wharfage Lien - The owners and/or proprietors of wharves and landings, where wharfage...

Part 3 - Lien Against Aircraft -

Chapter 20 - Liens on Animals

§ 66-20-101. Pasturage Lien - When any horse or other animal is received to pasture...

§ 66-20-103. Livery Stable Keeper's Lien - Livery stable keepers shall be entitled to the same lien...

§ 66-20-106. Commercial Feed Lot Proprietors' and Operators' Lien - Commercial feed lot proprietors and operators shall be entitled to...

Chapter 21 - Recording and Enforcement of Liens

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 66-21-101. Enforcement of Liens Where Method Not Prescribed - Any and all liens given by statute on personal property,...

§ 66-21-102. Lien Book Furnished to Register - It is imperative that the county legislative body purchase and...

§ 66-21-103. Form and Contents of Lien Book - Code 1932, § 8059; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2103; Acts...

§ 66-21-104. Notation of Time of Filing - Code 1932, § 8060; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2104; Acts...

§ 66-21-106. Penalty for Failure to Release - If the plaintiff, complainant, lienor or owner of any lien...

§ 66-21-107. Originals Filed Under Prior Law - Any original instrument evidencing a lien filed under prior law...

§ 66-21-109. Certified Copies of Records as Evidence - A copy of the abstract, memorandum or copy, as released...

§ 66-21-110. Tolling of Limitations Period for Perfection or Enforcement of Liens Against Debtor in Bankruptcy - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if due to...

Part 2 - Federal Tax Liens

§ 66-21-202. Lien Index, Lien Books, and Filing of Notices - When notice of the lien is filed, the register shall...

§ 66-21-203. Book Furnished for Notices - The federal lien index, or lien book in lieu, and...

§ 66-21-204. Discharge of Lien or Certificate of Redemption - When a certificate of discharge of any lien or certificate...

§ 66-21-205. Applicability of Part - This part applies to federal tax liens and to all...

§ 66-21-206. Uniformity of Construction - This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to...

Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments

§ 66-22-101. Authentication - Code 1858, § 2038 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 16, §...

§ 66-22-102. Persons Authorized to Take Acknowledgments Within State - If the person executing the instrument resides or is within...

§ 66-22-103. Acknowledgment in Other States or Territories - If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond...

§ 66-22-104. Acknowledgment in Foreign Countries - Code 1858, § 2041 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, §§...

§ 66-22-105. Authentication of Instruments by or to County Clerk - The probate or acknowledgment of any deed or other instrument,...

§ 66-22-106. Postponement Pending Identification - Code 1858, § 2047 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, §§...

§ 66-22-107. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment - State of Tennessee )County of ) Personally appeared before me,...

§ 66-22-108. Acknowledgment for Record of Corporate or Partnership Instrument - State of Tennessee )County of ) Before me, of the...

§ 66-22-109. Acknowledgment of Married Person - The acknowledgment of a married person, when required by law,...

§ 66-22-110. Acknowledgments Under Seal - All acknowledgments shall be under the seal of office of...

§ 66-22-111. Entry of Probate or Acknowledgment - The clerk shall enter, in a well-bound book, the probate...

§ 66-22-112. Fees of Clerk - For the clerk's services in this behalf, the clerk shall...

§ 66-22-113. Liability of Officer for Failure to Carry Out Duties - If the clerk or other officer who takes the probate...

§ 66-22-114. Certificate of Acknowledgment Form - State of Tennessee ) County of ) Personally appeared before...

Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses

§ 66-23-101. Witnesses Outside State When Maker Unavailable - If the person executing the instrument is dead, or resides...

§ 66-23-102. Witnesses Within State - If the subscribing witnesses reside or are within the state,...

§ 66-23-103. One Witness in State - If only one (1) of the subscribing witnesses resides within...

§ 66-23-104. One Witness Competent - If all the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, blind, or...

§ 66-23-105. Witnesses in Another State - If the witnesses reside or are in any other state...

§ 66-23-106. Witnesses Outside Country - If the witnesses, or any of them, reside or are...

§ 66-23-107. Testimony Before Foreign Court — Proof of Handwriting - If the witnesses reside without the limits of the state,...

§ 66-23-108. Subpoena for Witnesses - When an instrument is presented to a clerk or deputy...

§ 66-23-109. Form of Subpoena - The subpoena provided for in § 66-23-108 shall command the...

§ 66-23-110. Witness Fees - Code 1858, §§ 2060-2062 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 49, §...

§ 66-23-111. Execution of Subpoena - Any sheriff or constable, into whose hands the subpoena may...

§ 66-23-112. Liability of Witness for Failure to Attend - Should any witness, summoned as provided in § 66-23-108, fail...

§ 66-23-113. Sheriff's Liability for Failure to Serve Subpoena - If the sheriff fails or refuses to serve a subpoena...

§ 66-23-114. Proof of Handwriting of Maker - If all the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, blind, or...

§ 66-23-115. Proof by Handwriting of Maker or Witnesses - If the person executing the instrument is dead, or resides...

§ 66-23-116. Examination of Witnesses - When the witness or witnesses appear before the clerk, the...

§ 66-23-117. Form of Certificate of Probate - If the subscribing witnesses appear before the clerk or deputy...

§ 66-23-118. Certificate Adapted to Mode of Proof - The certificate of probate shall be varied so as to...

§ 66-23-119. Annexed Papers When Proof Made in Foreign Court - If the instrument is proved by procuring the testimony of...

§ 66-23-120. Facts Shown in Foreign Certificate of Probate - If the probate is taken outside the state, the certificate...

Chapter 24 - Registration of Instruments

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 66-24-101. Writings Eligible for Registration — Refusal to Register Documents Not in English — Electronic Records - I, , do hereby make oath that I am a...

§ 66-24-102. Certificates Registered - With the deed or instrument shall be registered all certificates...

§ 66-24-103. Conveyances of Land - If the instrument be a conveyance, or for the conveyance,...

§ 66-24-104. Conveyances of Personal Property - All deeds, bills of sale, agreements, and other instruments for...

§ 66-24-105. Marriage Settlements - Deeds for the settlement of personal property, in consideration of...

§ 66-24-106. Marriage Contracts Settling Property on Wife - Code 1858, § 2035 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, §...

§ 66-24-107. Registration of Certified Copies From Previous Registration - Where any deed of conveyance, or any power of attorney...

§ 66-24-108. Reregistration After Destruction of Records - In all cases where the records of any register's office...

§ 66-24-109. Fees for Reregistration or Rerecording - The register registering or recording such deeds or other instruments...

§ 66-24-112. Validity of Registration Unaffected by Noncompliance - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the...

§ 66-24-114. Names and Addresses Required on Deeds - No deed of conveyance of real property, except for a...

§ 66-24-118. Deed Endorsements Regarding Deposit of Hazardous Wastes — Definitions - The commissioner of environment and conservation has determined that the...

§ 66-24-119. Judgments and Writs Affecting Real Estate - Judgments, attachments, orders, injunctions, and other writs affecting title, use...

§ 66-24-123. Security Trusts — Residence of Trustee - may in either case be named or act, in person...

Part 2 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

§ 66-24-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-24-202. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-24-206. County Registers Not Required to Receive Electronic Documents - Nothing in this part, or any other law, shall be...

Chapter 25 - Release of Liens Created by Written Instruments

Part 1 - In General

§ 66-25-104. Right to Forfeiture Not Lost by Transfer of Property - The right of action for forfeiture provided by §§ 66-25-102...

§ 66-25-105. Partial or Full Payment — Extent of Satisfaction and Discharge - A partial or full payment to the mortgage lender of...

§ 66-25-115. Costs Paid by Lienor - All costs of making entry of partial or entire payments...

§ 66-25-116. Release or Modification of Lien by Holder of Indebtedness - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any mortgage, deed...

Part 2 - Marginal Release of Liens

§ 66-25-201. Marginal Release Authorized - The release on satisfaction of any debt, contract or obligation,...

§ 66-25-202. Form of Marginal Release - The release may be in substantially the following form: I...

§ 66-25-203. Execution of Marginal Release — Fee - The entry, except the signature of the person making the...

§ 66-25-205. Production of Instrument Evidencing Indebtedness Before Entry of Marginal Release - Any person appearing before the register for the purpose of...

§ 66-25-206. Endorsement as to Marginal Release on Face of Instrument - The lien securing this instrument was duly released (in whole...

§ 66-25-207. Affidavit in Lieu of Production of Instrument - State of Tennessee County of I, , do hereby solemnly...

§ 66-25-209. Liability of Register for Improper Release - Should the register attest a marginal release without seeing to...

§ 66-25-210. Right to Release by Deed of Release or Quitclaim Preserved - This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the right...

§ 66-25-211. Applicability of This Part to Certain Counties - This part applies to any county having a population of...

Chapter 26 - Effect of Authentication and Registration

§ 66-26-101. Effect of Instruments With or Without Registration - All of the instruments mentioned in § 66-24-101 shall have...

§ 66-26-102. Notice to All the World - All of the instruments registered pursuant to § 66-24-101 shall...

§ 66-26-103. Unregistered Instruments Void as to Creditors and Bona Fide Purchasers - Any instruments not so registered, or noted for registration, shall...

§ 66-26-104. Rights as Between Transferee of Decedent and Purchaser From Heir or Devisee - Any such instrument entitled to registration which is not duly...

§ 66-26-105. Priority of Registered Instruments - Any instruments first registered or noted for registration shall have...

§ 66-26-106. Presumption as to Validity of Registration After Twenty Years - Whenever a deed has been registered twenty (20) years or...

§ 66-26-107. Presumption as to Subscription by Grantor After Thirty Years - Where a deed has been registered more than thirty (30)...

§ 66-26-108. Presumption as to Deeds by Attorneys After Twenty Years' Registration - In all cases where a deed or deeds conveying real...

§ 66-26-109. Presumption as to Powers of Attorney After Twenty Years - When a power or powers of attorney authorizing the sale...

§ 66-26-110. Registered Instruments as Evidence — Presumptions and Burden of Proof Regarding Signatures on Instruments - Code 1858, § 2071 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, §...

§ 66-26-111. Proof of Instruments Registered Before 1839 - Every instrument authorized by law to be registered and proved...

§ 66-26-112. Erroneous Recital as to County Where Land Located - When a grant from the state for lands recites that...

§ 66-26-113. Omission of Words From Certificate - The unintentional omission by the clerk or other officer of...

§ 66-26-114. Correction of Omission - If the omission is a matter of substance, the clerk...

§ 66-26-115. Registration of Correction - The register shall record the correction in the proper book...

Chapter 27 - Multiple Ownership of Property

Part 1 - Horizontal Property

§ 66-27-101. Title - This part shall be known as the “Horizontal Property Act.

§ 66-27-105. Joint Ownership - Any apartment may be held and owned by more than...

§ 66-27-109. Merger of Filial Estates With Principal Property - All of the co-owners or the sole owner of a...

§ 66-27-110. Horizontal Property Regime Following Merger - The merger provided for in § 66-27-109 shall in no...

§ 66-27-111. Administrative Bylaws Recorded - The administration of every building constituted into horizontal property shall...

§ 66-27-115. Homestead Provisions Applicable - The provisions of article XI, § 11 of the Constitution...

§ 66-27-116. Prorated Expenses and Taxes — Lien - The sale or conveyance of an apartment shall in all...

§ 66-27-117. Building Insurance - The co-owners may, upon resolution of a majority, insure the...

§ 66-27-121. Supplemental Rules and Regulations - Whenever they deem it proper, the planning and zoning commission...

§ 66-27-122. Construction With Other Laws - This part shall be in addition to and supplemental to...

Part 2 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — General Provisions

§ 66-27-201. Short Title - This part and parts 3-5 of this chapter shall be...

§ 66-27-203. Definitions for Parts 2–5 - In the declaration and bylaws, unless specifically provided otherwise or...

§ 66-27-204. Variation by Agreement - Except as expressly provided in this part and parts 3-5...

§ 66-27-206. Applicability of Local Ordinances, Regulations, and Building Codes - A zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use...

§ 66-27-208. Supplemental General Principles of Law Applicable - The principles of law and equity, including the law of...

§ 66-27-209. Construction Against Implicit Repeal - This part and parts 3-5, being general parts intended as...

§ 66-27-210. Severability - If any provision of this part and parts 3-5 of...

§ 66-27-211. Enforcement - In addition to any other remedy provided by the declaration,...

Part 3 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Units and Allocation of Common and Limited Elements

§ 66-27-302. Unit Boundaries - Except as provided by the declaration:

§ 66-27-304. Description of Units - A description of a unit that sets forth the name...

§ 66-27-311. Alterations of Units - Subject to the declaration and other law, a unit owner:

§ 66-27-314. Monuments as Boundaries - The existing physical boundaries of a unit or the physical...

§ 66-27-315. Use for Sales Purposes - A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models...

§ 66-27-316. Easement Rights - Subject to the declaration, a declarant has an easement through...

§ 66-27-319. Rights of Secured Lenders - The declaration may require that all or a specified number...

§ 66-27-320. Obligation to Complete or Restore - The declarant or unit owner or owners, as applicable, shall...

Part 4 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Unit Owners' Association

§ 66-27-401. Organization of Unit Owners' Association - A unit owners' association must be organized no later than...

§ 66-27-405. Termination of Contracts and Leases of Declarant - If entered into before the board of directors elected by...

§ 66-27-408. Meetings - A meeting of the association must be held at least...

§ 66-27-411. Tort and Contract Liability - Any action alleging a wrong done by the association must...

§ 66-27-417. Association Records - The association shall keep financial records sufficiently detailed to enable...

§ 66-27-418. Association as Trustee - With respect to a third person dealing with the association...

Part 5 - Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008 — Units Restricted to Residential Purposes

§ 66-27-501. Applicability — Waiver - This part applies only to units restricted to residential purposes,...

§ 66-27-503. Information to Be Provided — General - The information to be provided pursuant to § 66-27-502 shall...

§ 66-27-504. Declarant Liability - If the declarant prepared or caused to be prepared all...

§ 66-27-506. Escrow of Deposits - Any deposit made in connection with the purchase or reservation...

Part 6 - Display of Flags

§ 66-27-601. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

§ 66-27-603. Applicability of Part - This part shall apply to dedicatory instruments:

Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 66-28-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-28-104. Chapter Definitions - Subject to additional definitions contained in this chapter, which apply...

§ 66-28-108. Notification Sent by E-Mail - If the tenant provides an electronic mail address in the...

Part 2 - Rental Agreements -

Part 3 - Landlord Obligations

§ 66-28-303. Possession of Dwelling - At the commencement of the terms, the landlord shall deliver...

§ 66-28-305. Limitation of Landlord's Liability - Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that include...

Part 4 - Tenant Obligations

§ 66-28-401. General Maintenance and Conduct Obligations - The tenant shall:

§ 66-28-404. Use and Occupation by Tenant - Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit...

Part 5 - Enforcement and Remedies

§ 66-28-504. Unlawful Ouster, Exclusion, or Diminution of Service - If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from...

§ 66-28-506. Failure of Tenant to Maintain Dwelling - If there is noncompliance by the tenant with § 66-28-401...

§ 66-28-508. Waiver of Landlord's Right to Terminate - If the landlord accepts rent without reservation and with knowledge...

§ 66-28-509. Landlord Liens - A contracted lien or security interest on behalf of the...

§ 66-28-510. Landlord's Remedy After Termination - If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord may have...

§ 66-28-511. Recovery of Possession by Landlord Limited - A landlord may not recover or take possession of the...

§ 66-28-516. Obligation of Good Faith - Every duty under this chapter and every act which must...

§ 66-28-520. Towing of Nuisance Vehicles - Any nuisance vehicle located on or about the premises of...

§ 66-28-521. Termination of Utility Services - If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have...

Chapter 29 - Abandoned or Unclaimed Property

Part 1 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

§ 66-29-101. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “Uniform Unclaimed Property...

§ 66-29-102. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 66-29-103. Inapplicability to Foreign Transactions - This part does not apply to property held, due, and...

§ 66-29-104. Promulgation of Rules - The treasurer may promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative...

§ 66-29-107. Presumption of Abandonment of Other Tax-Deferred Accounts - Except as otherwise provided in § 66-29-113, and except for...

§ 66-29-112. Presumption of Abandonment of Related Property - At the time an interest in property is presumed abandoned...

§ 66-29-115. Deposit Account for Proceeds of Insurance Policy or Annuity Contract - If proceeds payable under a life or endowment insurance policy...

§ 66-29-116. Last Known Address of Apparent Owner - Under this part:

§ 66-29-117. Treasurer's Custody of Property Presumed Abandoned - The treasurer may take custody of property that is presumed...

§ 66-29-120. Custody of Property Presumed Abandoned if Transaction Took Place in This State - Except as otherwise provided in §§ 66-29-117 — 66-29-119, the...

§ 66-29-121. Custody of Traveler's Check, Money Order, or Similar Instrument Presumed Abandoned - The treasurer may take custody of sums payable on a...

§ 66-29-122. Burden of Proof to Establish Treasurer's Right to Custody - When the treasurer asserts a right to custody of unclaimed...

§ 66-29-126. Retention of Records by Holder - A holder required to file a report under § 66-29-123...

§ 66-29-127. Property Reportable and Payable or Deliverable Absent Owner Demand - Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this part...

§ 66-29-131. Cooperation Among State Officers and Agencies to Locate Apparent Owner - Unless otherwise prohibited by any law of this state, on...

§ 66-29-132. Good Faith Payment or Delivery of Property by Holder - Under this part, payment or delivery of property is made...

§ 66-29-135. Effect of Payment or Delivery of Property to Treasurer - On payment or delivery of property to the treasurer under...

§ 66-29-137. Income or Gain Realized or Accrued on Property - If property other than money is delivered to the treasurer,...

§ 66-29-139. Disposition of Property Having No Substantial Value - If the treasurer takes custody of property delivered under this...

§ 66-29-143. [reserved.] - A purchaser of property at a sale conducted by the...

§ 66-29-147. Retention of Records by Treasurer - The treasurer shall:

§ 66-29-148. Deduction of Administrative Costs Before Deposit of Funds - Before making a deposit of funds received under this part...

§ 66-29-149. Treasurer as Custodian of Property for Owner - Property received by the treasurer under this part is held...

§ 66-29-155. Action by Person Whose Claim Is Denied or Not Acted Upon - Not later than one (1) year after filing a claim...

§ 66-29-156. Verified Report of Property - If a person does not file a report required by...

§ 66-29-157. Examination of Records to Determine Compliance — Administrative Subpoena - The treasurer, at reasonable times and upon providing reasonable notice,...

§ 66-29-161. Failure of Person Examined to Retain Records - If a person subject to examination under § 66-29-157 does...

§ 66-29-162. Report to Person Whose Records Were Examined - At the conclusion of an examination under § 66-29-157, unless...

§ 66-29-166. Determination of Liability for Failure or Refusal to Pay or Deliver Property to Treasurer - If the treasurer determines from an examination conducted under §...

§ 66-29-168. Judicial Review of Determination - A putative holder may seek relief from a determination under...

§ 66-29-171. Cooperation With Another State or Foreign Country - The treasurer may:

§ 66-29-173. Civil Penalty for Failure to Report, Pay, or Deliver Property Within Prescribed Time - Except as otherwise provided in §§ 66-29-174 and 66-29-175, the...

§ 66-29-175. Waiver of Civil Penalty - The treasurer has the authority to not assess or to...

§ 66-29-179. Confidentiality Agreement - A person to be examined under § 66-29-157 may require,...

§ 66-29-180. Inclusion of Confidential Information in Notice Not Required - A holder is not required under this part to include...

§ 66-29-182. Uniformity of Application and Construction - In applying and construing this part, consideration must be given...

§ 66-29-183. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - Except as otherwise provided in this section, this part modifies,...

Part 2 - Abandoned Cultural Property Act

§ 66-29-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-29-202. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-29-204. Exclusivity of Provisions - This part shall control the procedure and disposition of any...

Part 3 - Derelict or Abandoned Aircraft

§ 66-29-301. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

Chapter 30 - Residential Ground Rent Act

§ 66-30-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-30-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-30-103. Form and Contents of Agreements - In any case where a residential ground rent is created,...

§ 66-30-104. Lien Against Real Estate - A residential ground rent shall constitute a lien against the...

§ 66-30-105. Redemption - The obligor shall have the right to redeem a residential...

§ 66-30-106. Incorporation of Agreement in Instrument of Transfer - A ground rent agreement, made pursuant to this chapter, may...

Chapter 31 - Self-Service Storage Facility Act

§ 66-31-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-31-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-31-103. Owner Access to Leased Space - Upon the reasonable request of the owner, the occupant shall...

§ 66-31-105. Enforcement of Lien - The enforcement of the owner's lien against an occupant who...

Chapter 32 - Time-Share Programs and Vacation Clubs

Part 1 - Time-Share Act of 1981

§ 66-32-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-32-102. Part Definitions - As used in this part and part 2 of this...

§ 66-32-104. Applicability of Local Ordinances, Regulations, and Building Codes - A zoning, subdivision, or other ordinance or regulation may not...

§ 66-32-105. Time-Share Units - A time-share program may be created in any unit, unless...

§ 66-32-106. Instruments for Time-Share Estates - Project instruments and time-share instruments creating time-share estates must contain...

§ 66-32-107. Time-Share Estate Management - The time-share instruments for a time-share estate program shall prescribe...

§ 66-32-109. Instruments for Time-Share Use - Project instruments and time-share instruments creating time-share uses must contain...

§ 66-32-110. Time-Share Use Management - The time-share instruments for a time-share use program shall prescribe...

§ 66-32-111. Partition - No action for partition of a unit may be maintained...

§ 66-32-112. Public Offering Statement — General Provisions - A public offering statement must be provided to each purchaser...

§ 66-32-116. Material Change - The developer shall amend or supplement the public offering statement...

§ 66-32-119. Statute of Limitations - A judicial proceeding where the accuracy of the public offering...

§ 66-32-126. Exceptions From Registration Requirement - No registration with the commission shall be required in the...

§ 66-32-128. Protection of Nondefaulting Purchasers - The developer whose project is subject to an underlying blanket...

§ 66-32-129. Protection of Lienholder - The lienholder in any time-share program shall have the following...

§ 66-32-130. Premiere Tourist Resort City - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a “premiere tourist...

§ 66-32-131. Misleading Advertising Unlawful - It is unlawful for any person with intent directly or...

§ 66-32-132. Advertising — Specific Prohibitions - No advertising for the offer or sale of time-share intervals...

§ 66-32-133. Prize or Gift Promotional Offers — Unlawful Acts - The following unfair acts or practices undertaken by, or omissions...

§ 66-32-134. Violation of §§ 66-32-131 — 66-32-133 - Whenever the commission determines from evidence available to it that...

§ 66-32-135. Construction of §§ 66-32-131 — 66-32-133 With Tennessee Consumer Protection Act - Sections 66-32-131 — 66-32-133 shall be in addition to those...

§ 66-32-137. Violations — Required Contents of Written Agreements Engaging the Services of a Resale Broker and Contracts for Purchase and Sale - THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOUR TIME-SHARE INTERVAL CAN BE...

§ 66-32-138. Delivery of Required Renewal Documentation and Fees - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all documentation and...

Part 2 - Vacation Club Act of 1995

§ 66-32-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-32-202. Legislative Intent - The purpose of this part is to recognize that the...

§ 66-32-203. Application - This part applies only to sellers of vacation club interests...

§ 66-32-204. Exemptions - This part does not apply to any of the following:

§ 66-32-205. “Vacation Club Interest” Defined - Vacation club interest” means and includes the following interests in...

Part 3 - Membership Camping Act

§ 66-32-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 66-32-302. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 66-32-303. Disclosures to Purchasers - A membership camping operator shall disclose the following information to...

§ 66-32-307. Prerequisites to Selling Membership Camping Contracts - With respect to any campground in this state acquired and...

§ 66-32-309. Exemptions - This part shall not apply to:

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Title 66 - Property