No conditional sales contract, chattel mortgage, or other lien or encumbrance or title retention instrument upon a registered vehicle, other than a lien dependent upon possession entered into after March 1, 1951, or a lien of the state for taxes established pursuant to title 67, chapter 1, part 14, shall be valid against the creditors of an owner or subsequent purchasers or encumbrancers, until the requirements of this section and § 55-3-126 have been complied with, unless such creditor, purchaser, or encumbrancer has actual notice of the prior lien.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-3-125
Liens and encumbrances — Filing
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Keep Fresh Filters, Inc. v. Reguli (1994)
Most recently applied in Farmer v. Green Tree Servicing LLC (In Re Snelson) (September 2005)
Acts 1951, ch. 70, § 68 (Williams, § 5538.168); Acts 1978, ch. 686, § 3; T.C.A
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