Tennessee § 66-11-135 Release of lien - Recording release

Tennessee Statutes

§ 66-11-135 — Release of lien - Recording release

Tennessee § 66-11-135

Title66

This text of Tennessee § 66-11-135 (Release of lien - Recording release) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-135 (2026).

Text

(a)If a lienor whose lien has been forfeited, expired, satisfied or adjudged against the lienor in a proceeding on the lien, fails to cause the lien provided by this chapter to be released within thirty (30) days after service of written notice demanding release, the lienor shall be liable to the owner for all damages arising therefrom, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the owner.

(b)The release shall be recorded in the office where the notice of lien was recorded. The fee for recording shall be the fee required for the recording of a release or satisfaction of a mortgage as provided by law.

(c)For the purpose of this section, a lien shall be deemed released on the day on which the release of the lien is recorded in the proper office.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) If a lienor whose lien has been forfeited, expired, satisfied or adjudged against the lienor in a proceeding on the lien, fails to cause the lien provided by this chapter to be released within thirty (30) days after service of written notice demanding release, the lienor shall be liable to the owner for all damages arising therefrom, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the owner. (b) The release shall be recorded in the office where the notice of lien was recorded. The fee for recording shall be the fee required for the recording of a release or satisfaction of a mortgage as provided by law. (c) For the purpose of this section, a lien shall be deemed released on the day on which the release of the lien is recorded in the proper office.