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Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-115

Liens by remote contractors

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Environmental Abatement, Inc. v. Astrum R.E. Corp. (2000)

Most recently applied in Durkan Patterned Carpet, Inc. v. Premier Hotel Development Group (In Re Premier Hotel Development Group) (October 2001)

Code 1858, § 1986 (deriv

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(1) Every remote contractor shall have the lien provided by this part for work or labor performed or materials, services, equipment, or machinery furnished by the remote contractor in furtherance of the improvement; provided, that the remote contractor: Satisfies all of the requirements set forth in § 66-11-145, if applicable; and

(2) Within the time provided for recording sworn statements set out in § 66-11-112(a), serves a notice of lien, in writing, on the owner of the property on which the improvement is being made.

(3) The lien shall continue for the period of ninety (90) days from the date of service of notice in favor of the remote contractor, and until the final termination of any suit for its enforcement properly brought pursuant to § 66-11-126 within that period.

(4) The notice of lien may be in substantially the form provided in § 66-11-112(d).

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.