Tennessee § 43-38-1020 - Filing of claims.
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§ 43-38-1020. Filing of claims.
In proceedings to dissolve a cooperative, the court may require all creditors and claimants of the cooperative to file their claims under oath with the court administrator or with the receiver in a form prescribed by the court. If the court requires the filing of claims, the court shall: Set a date, by order, at least one hundred twenty (120) days after the date the order is filed, as the last day for the filing of claims; and Prescribe the notice of the fixed date that shall be given to creditors and claimants. Before the fixed date, the court may extend the time for filing claims. Creditors and claimants failing to file claims on or before the fixed date may be barred, by order of court, from claiming an interest in or receiving payment out of the property or assets of the cooperative. Acts 2004, ch. 534, § 32.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-38-1020 ("Filing of claims.") 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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