Tennessee Statutes

§ 30-1-301 — Jurisdiction

Tennessee § 30-1-301

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-1-301 (2026).

Text

The chancery court of the county in which any person resided at the time of the decedent's death, or in which the decedent's estate, goods, and chattels or effects were at the time of the decedent's death, may appoint an administrator when six (6) months have elapsed from the death, and no person will apply or can be procured to administer on the decedent's estate.

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Related

In Re: Estate of Martha M. Tanner
295 S.W.3d 610 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2009)
218 case citations
Jermaine Reese v. The Estate of Stanley Cutshaw
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2018)
In Re Estate of Dante Lamar Edmonds
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2019)
Estate of Divinny v. Wheeler Bonding Co.
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2000)

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 2209 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 177, § 1); Shan., § 3943; Code 1932, § 8155; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-301.

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