Tennessee § 8-8-215 - Closing of unsettled business.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-8-215 — Closing of unsettled business., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-8-215. Closing of unsettled business.
The sheriff is allowed two (2) years from the time of going out of office to close unsettled business, with all the power and subject to all the limitations and restrictions of the actual sheriff. Code 1858, § 369 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 49, § 1); Shan., § 459; Code 1932, § 706; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-824. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 33.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-8-215 ("Closing of unsettled business.") 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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