Tennessee Statutes
§ 29-30-204 — Publication on nonresident
Tennessee § 29-30-204
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-30-204 (2026).
Text
Should the defendant, or any defendant, be a nonresident of the state, the officer shall return the fact and the court shall order publication to be made for four (4) successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the suit is pending, or in the nearest county. The publication shall state the names of the parties and briefly set forth the nature of the writ.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 3385 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 60, § 3); Shan., § 5139; mod. Code 1932, § 9294; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2312.
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Tennessee § 29-30-204, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/29-30-204.