§ 66-11-130 — Demand for enforcement of lien

Upon written demand of the owner, the owner's agent, or prime contractor, served on the lienor, requiring the lienor to file a complaint, petition, or civil warrant to enforce the lienor's lien, and describing the real property in the demand, the proceeding must be commenced, or the claim filed in a creditors' or foreclosure proceeding, within sixty (60) days after service, or the lien is forfeited.

Legislative History

Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 749, s 3, eff. 7/1/2020. Code 1932, § 7947; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1130; Acts 2007 , ch. 189, § 29.