No sheriff or other officer shall conduct an execution sale, and no clerk shall pay out funds received pursuant to an execution or garnishment until the judgment debtor's time has expired for filing a motion to quash, or until a judicial determination has been made on such motion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the ability of the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor to resolve by agreed order the judgment debtor's motion asserting exemption rights. When property has been determined to be exempt by agreement or by judicial determination, the property shall be immediately released to the judgment debtor.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-408
Property determined to be exempt
Known as the Personal Property Owner's Rights and Garnishment Act
The act spans §§ 26-2-101 to 26-2-410 (62 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hulsing Hotels Tennessee, Inc. v. Steffner (In re Steffner) (2012)
Most recently applied in Hulsing Hotels Tennessee, Inc. v. Steffner (In re Steffner) (August 2012)
Acts 1988, ch. 934, § 10.
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.