Approval or denial of claim — Period for answering claim, action or suit
Known as the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act
The act spans §§ 29–29 (44 sections).
Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 14; T.C.A., § 23-3316; Acts 1987, ch. 405, § 8.
(1) A governmental entity or employee shall have sixty (60) days in which to answer or otherwise respond to any claim, action, or suit brought pursuant to this chapter.
(2) A claim shall be deemed to have been denied if at the end of the sixty-day period the governmental entity or its insurance carrier has failed to approve or deny the claim.
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.