Tennessee § 16-15-805 - Execution on personal property.
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§ 16-15-805. Execution on personal property.
The officer levying an execution issued by a general sessions court on personalty shall advertise the sale of the personalty for ten (10) days at one (1) public place in the district in which the defendant resides, at the courthouse door of the county and at two (2) public places in the district where the sale is made, subject to § 26-5-101. Where there is not sufficient time between the levy and return day of an execution from a general sessions court's judgment to sell, or where, for any reason, the sale cannot be had before the return, the lien given by the levy shall continue, and the general sessions court, or other proper officer, shall issue an order of sale on the execution levied and returned. Code 1858, §§ 3079, 3084 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 90, § 1; Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, § 4); Shan., §§ 4807, 4812; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8938, 8945; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 19-613, 19-614; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 53; T.C.A., § 19-3-105 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 32. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
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Section 16-15-805 ("Execution on personal property.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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