Tennessee § 29-40-112 - Powers and duties of receiver.

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§ 29-40-112. Powers and duties of receiver.

Except as limited by court order or the law of this state, other than this chapter, a receiver may: Collect, control, manage, conserve, and protect receivership property; Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of the property in the ordinary course of business; In the ordinary course of business, incur unsecured debt and pay expenses incidental to the receiver's preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of receivership property; Assert a right, claim, cause of action, or defense of the owner that relates to receivership property; Seek and obtain instruction from the court concerning receivership property, exercise of the receiver's powers, and performance of the receiver's duties; On subpoena, compel a person to submit to examination under oath, or to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated records or tangible things, with respect to receivership property or any other matter that may affect administration of the receivership; Engage a professional as provided in § 29-40-115; Apply to a court of another state for appointment as ancillary receiver with respect to receivership property located in that state; and Exercise any power conferred by court order, this chapter, or a law of this state other than this chapter. With court approval, a receiver may: Incur debt for the use or benefit of receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business; Make improvements to receivership property; Use or transfer receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business as provided in § 29-40-116; Adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner as provided in § 29-40-117; Pay compensation to the receiver as provided in § 29-40-121, and to each professional engaged by the receiver as provided in § 29-40-115; Recommend allowance or disallowance of a claim of a creditor as provided in § 29-40-120; and Make a distribution of receivership property as provided in § 29-40-120. A receiver shall: Prepare and retain appropriate business records, including a record of each receipt, disbursement, and disposition of receivership property; Account for receivership property, including the proceeds of a sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of the property; File with the county clerk of the county where the real property is located a copy of the order appointing the receiver and, if a legal description of the real property is not included in the order, the legal description; Disclose to the court any fact arising during the receivership that would disqualify the receiver under § 29-40-107; and Perform any duty imposed by court order, this chapter, or the law of this state, other than this chapter. The powers and duties of a receiver may be expanded, modified, or limited by court order. Acts 2018, ch. 731, § 1. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 731, § 3. July 1, 2018.

Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 29-40-112 ("Powers and duties of receiver.") 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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