Tennessee § 69-5-719 Damages a lien on land - Enforcement of lien

Tennessee Statutes

§ 69-5-719 — Damages a lien on land - Enforcement of lien

Tennessee § 69-5-719

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-5-719 (2026).

Text

(a)The damages assessed shall be a lien upon tracts of land in the district of the owner or owners respectively affected by the improvement, against whom the damages are assessed, but this lien shall be inferior to the lien of the general assessment, which lien shall be enforced by a bill or petition in the county court of the county in which the land is situated.

(b)Jurisdiction is conferred upon the county courts to enforce such liens.

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(a) The damages assessed shall be a lien upon tracts of land in the district of the owner or owners respectively affected by the improvement, against whom the damages are assessed, but this lien shall be inferior to the lien of the general assessment, which lien shall be enforced by a bill or petition in the county court of the county in which the land is situated. (b) Jurisdiction is conferred upon the county courts to enforce such liens.