§ 29-17-710 — Intervention or delayed pleadings

Tennessee § 29-17-710

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 29

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(a) No provision contained in this part in reference to any rule or order, or time for responding thereto, shall be held or construed to exclude any person, as by way of default, from making known that person's right or claims in the property or in the fund arising therefrom within the time allowed. (b) Any such person claiming any interest or any rights therein may file appropriate pleadings or intervention at any time before verdict or award, and be fully heard thereon. (c) If any person, after judgment of condemnation, shall desire to come in and be heard on any claim to the fund or to any interest therein, the person shall be allowed to do so within not exceeding thirty (30) days. (d) After condemnation is had and the fund paid into the registry of the court, the petitioner shall not be concerned with or affected by any subsequent proceedings unless upon appeal from the verdict or award as allowed in § 29-17-706 .

Legislative History

Acts 1937, ch. 262, § 9; C. Supp. 1950, § 3170.9 (Williams, § 3171.9); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1522; T.C.A. § 29-17-610; Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 1.