§ 28-2-104. Application to School Lands
Sections 28-2-101 — 28-2-103 do not apply to lands, tenements, or hereditaments reserved for the use of schools. Code 1858, § 2766 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 28, § 3); Shan., § 4459; Code 1932, § 8585; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-204.
§ 28-2-105. Adverse Possession — Assurance of Title
Any person holding any real estate or land of any kind or any legal or equitable interest therein, and such person and those through whom such person claims having been in adverse possession of same for seven (7) years, where the real estate is held and claimed by such person or those through whom such […]
§ 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 […]
§ 28-1-115. Dismissed Federal Court Actions
Notwithstanding any applicable statute of limitation to the contrary, any party filing an action in a federal court that is subsequently dismissed for lack of jurisdiction shall have one (1) year from the date of such dismissal to timely file such action in an appropriate state court.
§ 28-1-116. Extension During Disaster
In the event that a duly authorized member of the appellate judiciary enters an order declaring a disaster pursuant to the Tennessee supreme court rules, or the Tennessee rules of civil or appellate procedure, all applicable statutes of limitation and statutes of repose shall be extended in the counties subject to the order by the […]
§ 28-1-107. Cases in Which Disability Not an Excuse
Section 28-1-106 shall not apply to actions on a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, or to actions against the estate of a deceased person brought more than seven (7) years from the death of the deceased, and the time the cause of action accrued, nor to cases provided for in § 28-2-105. Code 1858, […]