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Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-14-102

Condemnation to secure way of ingress and egress and extending utility lines — Jurisdiction — Joinder of parties in action

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case OUTDOOR MANAGEMENT, LLC v. Thomas (2007)

Most recently applied in Jahn v. Candler (In re Eicher) (July 2017)

Acts 1921, ch. 75, § 1; Shan

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(1) A person owning any land, where ingress or egress to and from which is cut off or obstructed entirely from a public road or highway by the intervening land of another, or who has no outlet from the land to a public road in the state, by reason of the intervening land of another, is given the right to have a private easement or right-of-way not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') condemned and set aside for the benefit of the land over and across the intervening land for the purpose of ingress and egress and extending utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, natural gas, water, sewage, telephone, or cable television to the enclosed land. Maintenance of the easement or right-of-way shall be the responsibility of the person granted the easement or right-of- way. Gates or fencing that restricts access to the subservient land may not be erected. In counties with a metropolitan form of government, the maximum permissible width for an easement or right-of-way is fifteen feet (15').

(2) The chancery and circuit courts and county courts, the latter acting by and through the county mayor, are given concurrent jurisdiction in such matters.

(3) As many different owners of lands as may be cut off or obstructed or deprived of adequate and convenient outlets may join together against any number of different owners of intervening lands as wish to have the easement or right-of-way so condemned and set aside to them over the intervening property, and the joining shall not make the proceedings multifarious.

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.