Tennessee Statutes

§ 48-12-104 — Liability for preincorporation transactions

Tennessee § 48-12-104

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-12-104 (2026).

Text

All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a corporation, knowing there was no incorporation under chapters 11-27 of this title, are jointly and severally liable for all liabilities created while so acting except for any liability to any person who knew or reasonably should have known that there was no incorporation.

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Christmas Lumber Co., Inc. v. Valiga
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(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)

Legislative History

Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 2.04.

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