Tennessee Statutes
§ 30-1-301 — Jurisdiction
Tennessee § 30-1-301
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Bluebook
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)
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)
In Re: Estate of William Hugh Luck Thomas Benton Luck, Executors v. FDS/Goldsmith's
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2005)
Estate of Mary E. Dillard v. Tennessee Bureau of Tenncare
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2009)
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.
Nearby Sections
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§ 30-1-102
Jurisdiction to grant letters§ 30-1-106
Preference in granting of letters§ 30-1-107
Appeal from grant of letters§ 30-1-108
Administrator pendente lite§ 30-1-109
Administrator ad litem§ 30-1-111
Oath of personal representative§ 30-1-112
Resignation of personal representative§ 30-1-114
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 30-1-301, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/30-1-301.