§ 20-2-215. Service on Secretary of State — Forwarding by Registered or Certified Mail — Personal Representatives of Deceased Defendants — Time for Appearance — Registered or Certified Mail Refused
Service of process pursuant to § 20-2-214 shall be made by lodging, by the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney, the original summons and a copy certified by the clerk of the court in which the action is brought, with a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), with the secretary of state, who shall promptly send, postage […]
§ 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.
§ 20-2-220. Authority of Deputy and Assistant Secretaries of State
An act of a deputy or regular assistant of the secretary of state in the secretary of state’s behalf under this part shall be deemed the equivalent of the act of the secretary of state; provided, that the deputy or assistant signs the name of the secretary of state by the secretary of state as […]
§ 20-2-207. Continuances After Service by Agent
The court of action shall grant such continuance or continuances as may be necessary or proper to afford the defendant so served reasonable opportunity to make defense. Code 1932, § 8674; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-228.
§ 20-2-208. Actions Against Steamboat Owners
All persons, resident and nonresident of this state, running and operating steamboats in any of the rivers in or bordering on this state as common carriers, may be sued in law or equity in any county where the boat or boats of such person lands, for any cause of action or suit growing out of […]
§ 20-2-209. Operation of Watercraft in State as Appointment of Agent for Process
The operation, navigation or maintenance by a nonresident or nonresidents of a boat, ship, barge or other watercraft in this state, either in person or through others, and the acceptance thereby by the nonresident or nonresidents of the protection of the laws of this state for the watercraft, or the operation, navigation or maintenance by […]
§ 20-2-210. Death of Party After Appointment of Agent
The nonresident who, under § 20-2-209, is deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as the nonresident’s agent for process, shall further be deemed to have consented that the appointment of the secretary of state as the nonresident’s agent for the purposes set forth in § 20-2-209 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the […]