Tennessee § 7-32-139 - Purchase by city — Resale by city.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-32-139 — Purchase by city — Resale by city., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-32-139. Purchase by city — Resale by city.
Whenever such proceedings taken by any such city or town result in the sale of any lot of ground to pay any installment or installments of such levies or assessments, the mayor of such city or town shall have the right to bid at such sale up to the amount of all of the assessments that are outstanding against the property. If the property is struck off to the mayor, the title of the property shall be taken in the name of the municipality. The mayor shall thereafter have the power to execute a quitclaim deed of such city to any individual who tenders in consideration of the quitclaim deed the amount of such special assessments that may have been levied against such property, together with all costs, interest, or charges that may have been incurred in the effort to collect such assessments. Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 18; Shan., § 1991a66; Code 1932, § 3473; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1139.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-32-139 ("Purchase by city — Resale by city.") 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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