Tennessee § 47-25-1707 - Statute of limitations.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 47-25-1707 — Statute of limitations., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-25-1707. Statute of limitations.
An action for misappropriation must be brought within three (3) years after the misappropriation is discovered or, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation by any person constitutes a single claim against that person, but this section shall be applied separately to any claim against each other person who receives a trade secret from another person who misappropriated that trade secret. Acts 2000, ch. 647, § 7.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-25-1707 ("Statute of limitations.") 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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