If the landlord accepts rent without reservation and with knowledge of a tenant default, the landlord by such acceptance condones the default and thereby waives such landlord's right and is estopped from terminating the rental agreement as to that breach.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-508
Waiver of landlord's right to terminate
Known as the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
The act spans §§ 66-28-101 to 66-28-521 (44 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Ross v. Broadway Towers, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in Ross v. Broadway Towers, Inc. (January 2007)
Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 4.204; T.C.A., § 64-2848.
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.