Tennessee § 68-9-108 - Acquisition and divestiture of property.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-9-108 — Acquisition and divestiture of property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 68-9-108. Acquisition and divestiture of property.
For the execution of the powers, duties and obligations vested in the department, the department has the right to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest, lease, devise or otherwise, all necessary or proper personalty, lands and tenements, or any interest in personalty, lands and tenements as the department may determine to acquire or accept, and the department has the right to sell, give, lease or otherwise dispose of the personalty, lands and tenements, or any interest in the personalty, land and tenements, as, to the best interests of the state and for the execution of the powers and duties vested, may to the department appear necessary or proper; provided, that all property acquired by the department shall be held by the department as trustees for the state of Tennessee, for only the purposes and uses necessary or proper to the execution of the powers and duties. Acts 1971, ch. 210, § 13; T.C.A., § 53-1032.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-9-108 cover?
Section 68-9-108 ("Acquisition and divestiture of property.") 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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