Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-908

The commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall have charge of all real estate or personal property that is or shall become the property of the department by seizure or judgment under any provision of this or any other title, or that has been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed by purchase or otherwise to the department in payment of child support obligations, debts or penalties arising thereunder, or that has been or shall be vested in the department by mortgage or other security for the payment of such obligations, or that has been redeemed by the department, and of all trusts created for the use of the department in payment of such debts due the department.