§ 20-2-225. Other Bases of Jurisdiction Unaffected — Jurisdiction Whenever Permitted by Constitution
A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction: On any other basis authorized by law; or On any basis not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States.
§ 20-2-226. Service on the Secretary of State—collection of Fee
The secretary of state shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each time process is served on the secretary of state under this chapter, or pursuant to the convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, signed at The Hague, November 15, 1965, commonly referred to as […]
§ 20-3-101. Filing of Abstract — Effect of Not Filing
When any person, in any court of record, by declaration, petition, bill or cross bill, seeks to fix a lien lis pendens on real estate, or any interest in real estate, situated in the county of suit, in furtherance of the setting aside of a fraudulent conveyance, of subjection of property under return of nulla […]
§ 20-3-102. Duties of Register
It is the duty of the register immediately to file the abstract and to record the abstract in the lien book. Code 1932, § 8055; T.C.A (orig. ed.), § 20-303. Law Reviews. Preferences, Priorities, and Powers of the State in the Collection of Delinquent Revenue: Tennessee’s Tax Enforcement Procedures Act (Donald J. Serkin), 8 Mem. […]
§ 20-3-103. Termination of Action in Which Filed
Where the suit, abstract of the claimed lien in which has been filed and recorded, finally terminates, whether on the merits or otherwise, the court may direct the entry on the lien book in the registry of an order respecting the suit made by it, which order, certified by the clerk, shall be presented to […]
§ 20-3-105. Lien on Real Estate
When any person in a court of record seeks to fix a lien lis pendens on real estate, or any interest in real estate, and the court in furtherance of the lien issues a restraining order, the restraining order shall be valid for ninety (90) days only unless: The court orders a longer period of […]
§ 20-2-216. Proof of Mailing by Secretary of State and Receipt by Defendant
The original process, endorsed as described in this section, an affidavit of the secretary of state setting forth the secretary of state’s compliance with the requirements of § 20-2-215, and the return receipt signed by, or duly in behalf of, the defendant, shall be attached together and sent to and filed by the clerk. There […]
§ 20-2-217. Extraterritorial Personal Service — Proof
In addition to service of process on the secretary of state as set forth in this part, personal service of process may be made upon any party outside the state by any person over eighteen (18) years of age and not a party to the action. No order of court shall be required to constitute […]
§ 20-2-218. Causes of Action Limited
Only causes of action arising hereafter or heretofore from past or future transactions as set forth in § 20-2-214 may be asserted against the defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon §§ 20-2-214 — 20-2-217, this section and § 20-2-219.
§ 20-2-219. Process Under Other Laws Not Affected — Liberal Construction
Nothing contained in §§ 20-2-214 — 20-2-218 and this section shall limit or affect the service of process in any other manner now provided by law. Subsection (a) is in the nature of remedial legislation and it is the legislative intent that it be given a liberal construction.