If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have utility services placed in the tenant's name and the tenant fails to do so within three (3) days of occupancy of the rented premises, the landlord may have such utility services terminated if the existing utility service is in the name of the landlord.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-521
Termination of utility services
Known as the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
The act spans §§ 66-28-101 to 66-28-521 (44 sections).
Acts 2003, ch. 318, § 1; 2011, ch. 272, §§ 14, 15.
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.