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§ 28-3-112. Mutual Accounts Between Persons Not Merchants

When there are mutual accounts between persons who are not merchants, the time is computed from the true date of the last item, unless the account is liquidated and a balance struck. Code 1858, § 2778; Shan., § 4475; Code 1932, § 8603; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-312.

§ 28-3-113. Municipal Bonds

Actions against any county, city, town, utility district, special school district or any other municipality or political subdivision of the state for the payment of any bond issued thereby, or for the payment of any coupon representing interest on such bond, shall be commenced within fifteen (15) years after the maturity date of such bond […]

§ 28-3-114. Actions for Faulty Surveying

All actions to recover damages against any person engaged in the practice of surveying for any deficiency, defect, omission, error or miscalculation shall be brought within four (4) years from the date the survey is recorded on the plat. Any such action not instituted within this four (4) year period shall be forever barred. The […]

§ 28-3-115. Attaching or Executing Against Art Work

No process of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, distress, subpoena or any kind of seizure, whether civil or criminal, shall be served or levied upon any work of art, as defined in this section while the same is en route to or from, or while on exhibition or deposited by an exhibitor at any exhibition held […]

§ 28-3-116. Action for Injury or Illness Based on Child Sexual Abuse

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Child sexual abuse” means any act set out in § 37-1-602(a)(3), that occurred when the victim was a minor; “Discovery” means when the injured person becomes aware that the injury or illness was caused by child sexual abuse. Discovery that the injury or illness was […]

§ 28-3-201. Part Definitions

As used in this part, the terms set out hereinbelow are defined as follows: “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, business, trust, unincorporated organization, association or joint stock company; and “Substantial completion” means that degree of completion of a project, improvement, or a specified area or portion thereof (in accordance with the contract documents, as […]

§ 28-3-202. Limitation of Actions

All actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of an improvement to real property, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising […]

§ 28-3-106. Recovery of Gambling Losses

Actions to recover money or goods lost at any kind of gambling or betting, and paid or delivered: If brought by the loser, shall be commenced within ninety (90) days next after such payment or delivery; If brought for the use of the spouse, child or children, or next of kin, within twelve (12) months […]

§ 28-3-107. Actions for Usury

No action shall be brought on claim for usury after two (2) years from the date of the payment of the debt upon which such claim for usury shall be based.

§ 28-3-108. Actions Against Sureties of Collecting Officer

Actions against sureties of any collecting officer, for failing to pay over money collected, when the collecting officer has made return of an execution or other process that the money is made or the process satisfied, shall be commenced within three (3) years from the return of the process. Code 1858, § 2774 (deriv. Acts […]