Upon written demand of the owner, the owner's agent, or prime contractor, served on the lienor, requiring the lienor to file a complaint, petition, or civil warrant to enforce the lienor's lien, and describing the real property in the demand, the proceeding must be commenced, or the claim filed in a creditors' or foreclosure proceeding, within sixty (60) days after service, or the lien is forfeited.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-11-130
Demand for enforcement of lien
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case East Tennessee Grading, Inc. v. Bank of America, N.A. (2010)
Most recently applied in East Tennessee Grading, Inc. v. Bank of America, N.A. (September 2010)
Code 1932, § 7947; T.C.A
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