Tennessee Statutes
§ 31-6-101 — Escheat generally
Tennessee·Title 31
(a)If a decedent, whether or not domiciled in this state, leaves no one to take the decedent's estate or any portion of the estate by the decedent's will and no one other than a government or governmental subdivision or agency to take the decedent's estate or a portion of the estate by intestate succession, under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction, the estate escheats as of the time of the decedent's death in accordance with this chapter.
(b)Property passing to the state under this chapter, whether held by the state or its officers, is subject to the same liens, charges and trusts to which it would have been subject if it had passed by will or intestate succession.
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Legislative History
Acts 1979, ch. 226, § 1; T.C.A., § 31-801.
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