Tennessee § 64-2-407 - Eminent domain.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 64-2-407 — Eminent domain., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 64-2-407. Eminent domain.
The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn, in the name of the authority any land, easements or rights-of-way in the boundaries of the authority that, in the opinion of the board of directors, are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this part. Title to property so condemned shall be taken by and in the name of the authority, and the property shall thereafter be entrusted to the authority for the purposes of this part. Such condemnation proceedings shall be in accordance with title 29, chapters 16 and 17. Where title to any property sought to be condemned is defective, it shall be passed by the judgment or decree of the court. Where condemnation proceedings become necessary, the court in which any such proceedings are filed shall, upon application by the authority and upon posting of a bond with the clerk of the court in such amount as the court may deem commensurate with the value of the property, order that a writ of possession shall issue immediately, or as soon and upon such terms as the court, in its discretion, may deem proper and just. Acts 1983, ch. 302, § 7; T.C.A. § 64-2-507 . Compiler's Notes. Former part 4, §§ 64-2-401 — 64-2-414 (Acts 1981, ch. 534, §§ 1-13, 15, 16; T.C.A. §§ 66-2-401 — 66-2-414 ; Acts 1989, ch. 403, § 9), concerning the Nashville and Eastern railroad authority, was repealed by Acts 1994, ch. 653, § 1, effective July 1, 1994. Former § 64-2-507 was transferred to this section by the authority of the Code Commission in 2017.
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Section 64-2-407 ("Eminent domain.") 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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