Tennessee § 66-11-103 - Contract with owner's spouse.
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§ 66-11-103. Contract with owner's spouse.
When the contract for improving real property is made with a husband or a wife who is not separated and living apart from that person's spouse, and the property is owned by the other spouse or by both spouses, the spouse who is the contracting party shall be deemed to be the agent of the other spouse unless the other spouse serves the prime contractor with written notice of that spouse's objection to the contract within ten (10) days after learning of the contract. Code 1932, § 7933; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1103; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 3. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Agency, § 2.
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Section 66-11-103 ("Contract with owner's spouse.") 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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