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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-14-107

Parties to proceedings

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Tennessee (2009)

Most recently applied in 2019 TN WC App. 23 - Hardin, Gregory v. W.A. Kendall & Co., Inc. (June 2019)

Acts 1923, ch. 29, § 11; Shan

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(1) When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceedings.

(2) In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard, and if the statute, ordinance, or franchise is of statewide effect and is alleged to be unconstitutional, the attorney general and reporter shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled to be heard.

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.