Tennessee § 66-13-101 - Lien on business property.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-13-101 — Lien on business property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-13-101. Lien on business property.
All employees and laborers of any corporation, or firm, carrying on any corporate or partnership business shall have a lien upon the corporate or firm property of every character and description, for any sums due them for labor and service performed for the corporation or firm, and such lien shall prevail over all other liens, except the vendor's lien or the lien of a mortgage, or deed of trust to secure purchase money. Acts 1883, ch. 18, § 1; 1897, ch. 78, § 1; Shan., § 3564; mod. Code 1932, § 7989; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1301. Cross-References. Construction, fitting, or repair of boats, §§ 66-19-201 — 66-19-210 . Enforcement of lien against personal property, § 66-21-101 . Lien on crops, §§ 66-12-113 — 66-12-115 . Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 471. Law Reviews. The Collection of Debts from Insolvent and Fully-Mortgaged Debtors (John A. Walker, Jr.), 43 Tenn. L. Rev. 399 (1976).
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Section 66-13-101 ("Lien on business 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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