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Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-1-202

Part definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Byrd v. State (2004)

Most recently applied in Byrd v. State (April 2004)

Acts 1994, ch. 924, § 3.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Government action” does not include: The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain;

(2) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law;

(3) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or

(4) The discontinuation of government programs;

(5) “Private property” means real property, or improvements to real property, not owned by the federal government or a state agency; and

(6) “Unconstitutional taking” or “taking” means the taking of private property by government action such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by either: The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or

(7) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.