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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-302

Agreements to submit to arbitration — Jurisdiction

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Stephen L. Messersmith, Inc. v. Barclay Townhouse Associates (1988)

Most recently applied in Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust And Investment Company (October 2017)

Acts 1983, ch. 462, §§ 1, 17.

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(1) A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract; provided, that for contracts relating to farm property, structures or goods, or to property and structures utilized as a residence of a party, the clause providing for arbitration shall be additionally signed or initialed by the parties.

(2) The making of an agreement described in this section providing for arbitration in this state confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement under this part and to enter judgment on an award thereunder.

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.