§ 28-3-110. Actions on Public Officers’ and Fiduciary Bonds — Actions Not Otherwise Covered — Affidavit of Conviction and Civil Judgment
The following actions shall be commenced within ten (10) years after the cause of action accrued: Actions against guardians, executors, administrators, sheriffs, clerks, and other public officers on their bonds; Actions on judgments and decrees of courts of record of this or any other state or government; and All other cases not expressly provided for. […]
§ 28-3-111. Open Accounts of Merchants
The limitations provided in this chapter do not apply to such actions as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their agents and factors, while the accounts between them are current. Code 1858, § 2777 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 4474; Code 1932, § 8602; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § […]
§ 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 […]
§ 28-3-101. Scope of Chapter
All civil actions, other than those for causes embraced in chapter 2 of this title, shall be commenced after the cause of action has accrued, within the periods prescribed in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided. Code 1858, § 2769; Shan., § 4466; Code 1932, § 8592; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-301. Compiler’s Note. For […]
§ 28-3-102. Actions Against Personal Representative
All actions against the personal representative of a decedent, for demands against such decedent, shall be brought within seven (7) years after the decedent’s death, notwithstanding any disability existing; otherwise they will be forever barred. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend the time limited by §§ 30-2-310, 30-2-314 and 30-2-315. Code 1858, […]
§ 28-3-103. Slander Actions
Actions for slanderous words spoken shall be commenced within six (6) months after the words are uttered. Code 1858, § 2771 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 4468; Code 1932, § 8594; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-303.