Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-104

Additional personal property absolutely exempt

Known as the Personal Property Owner's Rights and Garnishment Act

The act spans §§ 26–26 (62 sections).

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Lawrence v. Jahn (In Re Lawrence) (1998)

Most recently applied in Anthis v. Copland (February 2012)

Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 5; T.C.A., § 26-204, T.C.A., § 26-2-103.

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(1) In addition to the exemption set out in § 26-2-105, there shall be further exempt to every resident debtor the following specific articles of personalty: All necessary and proper wearing apparel for the actual use of debtor and family and the trunks or receptacles necessary to contain same;

(2) All family portraits and pictures;

(3) The family Bible and school books.

(4) The exemption under this section is absolute, and may be exercised by the judgment debtor before or after issuance of any execution, seizure or attachment by a judgment creditor, unless a judgment creditor, is by execution, foreclosing a security agreement on such property.

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.