Tennessee § 48-102-103 Subordinate lodges - Power to acquire and hold or convey property

Tennessee Statutes

§ 48-102-103 — Subordinate lodges - Power to acquire and hold or convey property

Tennessee § 48-102-103

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-102-103 (2026).

Text

(a)The various subordinate lodges of the grand lodge shall be, and each thereof is, empowered to acquire and hold by purchase, deed, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise any and all property, real and personal, necessary or deemed expedient or proper by the subordinate lodges for the legitimate and proper execution of their objects and purposes, and each and all of the subordinate lodges are empowered to sell, convey, mortgage, bond, or otherwise convey or encumber for lodge purposes, any and all of such property.

(b)The subordinate lodges may sell or convey their real property only by and with the permission of the grand lodge, or the grand master.

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(a) The various subordinate lodges of the grand lodge shall be, and each thereof is, empowered to acquire and hold by purchase, deed, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise any and all property, real and personal, necessary or deemed expedient or proper by the subordinate lodges for the legitimate and proper execution of their objects and purposes, and each and all of the subordinate lodges are empowered to sell, convey, mortgage, bond, or otherwise convey or encumber for lodge purposes, any and all of such property. (b) The subordinate lodges may sell or convey their real property only by and with the permission of the grand lodge, or the grand master.

Legislative History

Acts 1925, ch. 136, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 2577a9; Code 1932, § 4424; Acts 1957, ch. 359, § 1; 1967, ch. 38, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 48-1503, 48-4-103.