Tennessee § 66-8-102 - Period in which redeemable.
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§ 66-8-102. Period in which redeemable.
Real estate sold for debt and made redeemable shall continue redeemable to the debtor and the debtor's creditors for two (2) years after the sale, upon the terms set forth in this chapter, no matter how often it had been previously redeemed. Code 1858, § 2130 (deriv. Acts 1820, ch. 11, § 5; 1842 (E.S.), ch. 6, § 9); Shan., § 3817; Code 1932, § 7742; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-802. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 619. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Redemption of Real Estate Sold for Debt, § 9. Law Reviews. Tennessee and the Installment Land Contract: A Viable Alternative to the Deed of Trust, 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 551 (1991).
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