Tennessee § 26-2-104 - Additional personal property absolutely exempt.

§ 26-2-104. Additional personal property absolutely exempt.

In addition to the exemption set out in § 26-2-105, there shall be further exempt to every resident debtor the following specific articles of personalty: All necessary and proper wearing apparel for the actual use of debtor and family and the trunks or receptacles necessary to contain same; All family portraits and pictures; The family Bible and school books. The exemption under this section is absolute, and may be exercised by the judgment debtor before or after issuance of any execution, seizure or attachment by a judgment creditor, unless a judgment creditor, is by execution, foreclosing a security agreement on such property. Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 5; T.C.A., § 26-204, T.C.A., § 26-2-103 . Compiler's Notes. Former § 26-2-104 , concerning exemption of state pension moneys and certain retirement plan funds or assets, was transferred to § 26-2-105 in 2000. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Bankruptcy § 31; 6 Tenn. Juris., Conflict of Laws, Domicile and Residence, § 37; 10 Tenn. Juris., Employer and Employee § 6; 13 Tenn. Juris., Exemptions From Execution and Attachment, §§ 2, 12. Law Reviews. A Review of Tennessee Exemptions in Light of the Bankruptcy Code (Jennie D. Latta), 28 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 35 (1992). A Second Look at the Proposed Uniform Bankruptcy Exemptions: Tennessee as an Example (The Honorable William Houston Brown, Lawrence Ponoroff), 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 647 (1998). Exempt Property in Tennessee under the Bankruptcy Code (Thomas E. Ray), 18 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 7 (1982). Tennessee's Bankruptcy Exemptions are Valid: Rhodes v. Stewart (Bruce D. Fisher), 19-No. 4 Tenn. B.J. 7 (1983).