Tennessee § 6-54-510 - Validation of codified ordinances.
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§ 6-54-510. Validation of codified ordinances.
When any municipality has its ordinances codified and adopts a code of ordinances in accordance with this part, or when a municipality has its code of ordinances updated from time to time, the adoption of the code or the updating of the code of ordinances shall cure any defects that occurred in the adoption of any of the individual ordinances that are codified or referred to in the code. The adoption of all ordinances codified or referred to in all municipal codes of ordinances previously adopted and in existence on April 16, 1990, is hereby expressly validated and ratified, notwithstanding that defects may have occurred in the adoption. Acts 1990, ch. 863, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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