Regardless of the date of the person's death and any limitation on the time for admitting a will for probate, any will when duly proven, whether of a resident or nonresident decedent, may be admitted to probate for the limited purpose of establishing a muniment of title to real estate and personal property, without the necessity of granting letters testamentary or otherwise proceeding with administration.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-2-111
Admission to probate for establishing a muniment of title to real estate and personal property
Acts 1997, ch. 426, § 19; 2002, ch. 735, § 7; 2007, ch. 8, § 3.
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