Tennessee § 65-21-201 - Rights-of-way authorized.

§ 65-21-201. Rights-of-way authorized.

Any person or corporation organized for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by magnetic telegraph or telephone, or other system of transmitting intelligence the equivalent thereof, which may be invented or discovered, may construct, operate, and maintain such telegraph, telephone, or other lines necessary for the speedy transmission of intelligence, along and over the public highways and streets of cities and towns, or across and under the waters, and over any lands or public works belonging to this state, and on and over the lands of private individuals, and upon, along, and parallel to any of the railroads, and on and over the bridges, trestles, or structures of such railroads. Acts 1885, ch. 66, § 1; Shan., § 1830; mod. Code 1932, § 3094; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-2105. Cross-References. Obstruction of public ways, § 65-21-202 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 23 Tenn. Juris., Telecommunications, § 3. Law Reviews. Property Law — Buhl v. US Sprint Communications Co.: Ascertaining the Rights of Fee Owners On Whose Land A Railroad Easement Exists, 22 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 843 (1992). Attorney General Opinions. A telecommunications provider that has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority to provide competing access services and transport telecommunications services in Tennessee is entitled to exercise right-of-way and eminent domain powers under Tennessee law. OAG 15-16, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 15 (3/3/2015).