2015 Tennessee Code
Title 66 - Property
Chapter 34 - Prompt Pay Act
Part 2 - Owner/Contractor Payment
§ 66-34-205 - Sums intended as payment to be held in trust.

TN Code § 66-34-205 (2015) What's This?

(a) Any sums allocated by the owner or provided or committed to the owner by a third party which are intended to be used as payment for improvements made to real property by virtue of a written contract between the owner and the contractor shall be held by the owner or third party in trust for the benefit and use of the contractor and shall be subject to all legal and equitable remedies.

(b) This section shall not apply to the state, including its departments, boards or commissions, or to any institution of higher education.

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