§ 28-2-111. Period of Validity of Liens — Extension
Liens on realty, equitable or retained in favor of vendor on the face of the deed, also liens of mortgages, deeds of trust, and assignments of realty executed to secure debts, shall be barred, and the liens discharged, unless suits to enforce the same be brought within ten (10) years from the maturity of the […]
§ 28-2-112. Challenge of Title of Parcel Conveyed Pursuant to Tax Proceeding
A person, and those claiming through such person, who receives title to a parcel conveyed pursuant to a tax proceeding is vested with an absolute and indefeasible title in fee in the parcel, unless a judicial action challenging the title of the parcel is filed in an appropriate court within three (3) years of the […]
§ 28-2-106. Action for Recovery Prohibited
Where such land or interest therein is held as set out in § 28-2-105, no person, whether upon disability or not, nor the state of Tennessee, shall commence or sustain an action for the recovery of same in any court.
§ 28-2-107. Rights Under Other Laws Preserved
Nothing in § 28-2-105 or § 28-2-106 is to be construed as affecting any rights which any person may now or hereafter have under other laws in regard to limitation of actions for real estate where the limitation is for a period of less than thirty (30) years.
§ 28-2-108. Subordinate Possession Not Adverse
Possession is not adverse within the meaning of this chapter, as to any person claiming a right or interest in the land, when taken and continued under a title bond, mortgage or other instrument acknowledging that right or interest, or when taken and continued in subordination to the right or interest of another. Code 1858, […]
§ 28-2-109. Presumption of Ownership From Payment of Taxes
Any person holding any real estate or land of any kind, or any legal or equitable interest therein, who has paid, or who and those through whom such person claims have paid, the state and county taxes on the same for more then twenty (20) years continuously prior to the date when any question arises […]
§ 28-2-110. Action Barred by Nonpayment of Taxes
Any person having any claim to real estate or land of any kind, or to any legal or equitable interest therein, the same having been subject to assessment for state and county taxes, who and those through whom such person claims have failed to have the same assessed and to pay any state and county […]
§ 28-2-101. Adverse Possession — State Conveyance
Any person having had, either personally or through those through whom that person’s claim arises, individually or through whom a person claims, seven (7) years’ adverse possession of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, granted by this state or the state of North Carolina, holding by conveyance, devise, grant, or other assurance of title, purporting to […]
§ 28-2-102. Action Barred After Seven Years
Any person, and those claiming under such person neglecting for the term of seven (7) years to avail themselves of the benefit of any title, legal or equitable, by action at law or in equity, effectually prosecuted against the person in possession, under recorded assurance of title, as in § 28-2-101, are forever barred. Code […]
§ 28-2-103. Seven-Year Period Runs From Time Right Accrued — Extent of Possession
No person or anyone claiming under such person shall have any action, either at law or in equity, for the recovery of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, but within seven (7) years after the right of action accrued. No possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be deemed to extend beyond the actual possession of […]