Tennessee Statutes

§ 47-3-306 — Claims to an instrument

Tennessee § 47-3-306

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-306 (2026).

Text

A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument.

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Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Webb
464 F. Supp. 520 (E.D. Tennessee, 1978)
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Starnes Family Office, LLC v. McCullar
765 F. Supp. 2d 1036 (W.D. Tennessee, 2011)
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Martin v. Defendefer (In re Butcher)
79 B.R. 741 (E.D. Tennessee, 1987)
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Federal Deposit Insurance v. Newton
737 S.W.2d 278 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1987)
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State Resources Corporation v. Thomas E. Talley
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2004)

Legislative History

Acts 1995, ch. 397, § 2.

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