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Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-31-104

Excavations without ascertainment of underground utilities prohibited

Known as the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act

The act spans §§ 65-31-101 to 65-31-120 (20 sections).

Acts 1978, ch. 692, § 4; T.C.A., § 65-3204; Acts 1993, ch. 223, § 4; 2007, ch. 218, §§ 2, 3, 5.

(1) Except as provided in § 65-31-109, no person may excavate in a street, highway, public space, a private easement of an operator or within one hundred feet (100') of the edge of the pavement of a street or highway, or demolish a building, without giving the notice required by § 65-31-106 in the manner prescribed by such section.

(2) A general DIG certificate shall be issued for agricultural land as defined in § 67-5-1004 that lies outside a street, highway, public space or a private easement of an operator but within one hundred feet (100') of the edge of the pavement of a street or highway when no utilities are located within that area. The general certificate shall be valid until title to the land is transferred or until a utility line is located within the area.

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.