Tennessee § 66-12-102 - Lien for goods and money supplied.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-12-102 — Lien for goods and money supplied., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-12-102. Lien for goods and money supplied.
A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise shall have a like lien on all crops of tenants or sharecroppers, grown during the year on the land, for the payment of necessary food, household fuel, money and clothing supplied during the year to such tenant or sharecropper or those dependent upon such tenant or sharecropper. Acts 1923, ch. 71, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 5299a2; mod. Code 1932, § 8018; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1202. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Agriculture, § 6; 13 Tenn. Juris., Frauds, Statute of, § 14; 17 Tenn. Juris., Landlord and Tenant, § 13. Collateral References. Attachment, execution, or recovery of personal judgment as waiver of landlord's lien. 151 A.L.R. 679 . Chattel mortgage or conditional sales contract, landlord's acceptance of, as waiver of his lien or reservation of title. 96 A.L.R. 568 . Chattel mortgage, statutes in relation to, as applicable to provisions of lease purporting to give lessor lien on lessee's chattels. 64 A.L.R. 627 . Taxes or other expenditures which tenant has agreed to pay or make, landlord's lien for rent as including. 99 A.L.R. 1104 . Warehouse Receipts Act as affecting landlord's lien on property represented by receipts. 61 A.L.R. 952 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 66-12-102 ("Lien for goods and money supplied.") 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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