Tennessee § 40-11-209 - Certificate of district attorney general.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-11-209 — Certificate of district attorney general., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-11-209. Certificate of district attorney general.
The district attorney general for the district in which the sale is to be made shall thereupon issue and deliver a certificate to the sheriff of the county conducting the sale, where the land or lands are situated. The certificate shall be in the following words and figures: State of Tennessee, County of day of (year) I, , district attorney general for the judicial district do hereby certify that I have purchased on the day of (year) on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee at a sale under execution at the courthouse, in County, Tennessee from the sheriff of County, said execution having been issued to collect the sum of dollars, the amount of the forfeiture taken upon the appearance bond of indicted day of (year) by the grand jury of County, upon a charge of the following described real estate for the sum of $ . DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE The above described real estate having been levied upon as the property of , surety upon the appearance bond of the aforementioned defendant, viz., This land having been purchased and bid in by me on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 40-11-206 — 40-11-208 , and acts amendatory thereto. This certificate is issued by me and delivered to the sheriff of County aforesaid in lieu of the sum of $ bid by me. District Attorney General for the Judicial District Acts 1925, ch. 63, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 7148a4; Code 1932, § 11701; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1309.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-11-209 ("Certificate of district attorney general.") 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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