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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 26 - Execution » Chapter 4 - Bill to Subject Property

§ 26-4-101. Grounds for Complaint on Unsatisfied Execution — Discovery

The creditor whose execution has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, may proceed in the court granting the judgment, or may file a complaint in a court of general jurisdiction against the defendant in the execution and any other person, to compel the discovery of any property, including stocks, choses in action or […]

§ 26-4-102. Powers of Court to Reach Property

The court has power to compel the discovery, and to prevent the transfer, payment, or delivery of the property, and to subject the same to the satisfaction of the judgment or decree, whether such property could, if in the defendant’s possession or with the title vested in the defendant, be levied upon by execution or […]

§ 26-4-103. Implementation of Court’s Powers

The court is empowered to order all such bonds and other instruments to be executed by either the complainant or defendant, and all such transfers to be made as may be necessary to carry the jurisdiction into complete effect. Code 1858, § 4285 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 11, § 2); Shan., § 6094; Code 1932, […]

§ 26-4-104. Lien Lis Pendens

The creditor has a lien lis pendens upon the property of the defendant situated in the county of suit, if properly described in the bill of complaint, on the filing of the bill, so far as concerns the pursued defendant; and the creditor may have a lien lis pendens upon all property, so described, as […]