Tennessee Statutes

§ 47-3-301 — Person entitled to enforce instrument

Tennessee § 47-3-301

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-301 (2026).

Text

"Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to § 47-3-309 or § 47-3-418(d) . A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument.

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Legislative History

Acts 1995, ch. 397, § 2.

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