2010 Tennessee Code
Title 67 - Taxes And Licenses
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 14 - Tax Enforcement Procedures Act
67-1-1433 - Enforcement of other liens.

67-1-1433. Enforcement of other liens.

(a)  If the state is not joined as a party, a judgment in any civil action or suit, or a judicial sale pursuant to such a judgment, with respect to property on which the state has or claims a lien under the provisions of this title:

     (1)  Shall be made subject to and without disturbing the lien of the state, if notice of such lien has been filed in the place provided by law for such filing at the time such action or suit is commenced; or

     (2)  If a judicial sale of property pursuant to a judgment in any civil action or suit to which the state is not a party discharges a lien of the state arising under the provisions of this title, the state may claim, with the same priority as its lien had against the property sold, the proceeds, exclusive of costs, of such sale at any time before the distribution of such proceeds is ordered.

(b)  (1)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), a sale of property on which the state has or claims a lien, or a title derived from enforcement of a lien, under the provisions of this title, made pursuant to an instrument creating a lien on such property, pursuant to a confession of judgment on the obligation secured by such an instrument, or pursuant to a nonjudicial sale under a statutory lien on such property shall, except as otherwise provided, be made subject to and without disturbing such lien or title, if notice of such lien was filed or such title recorded in the place provided by law for such filing or recording more than thirty (30) days before such sale, and the state is not given notice of such sale in the manner prescribed in subdivision (b)(2).

     (2)  Special Rules. 

          (A)  Notice of Sale.  Notice of a sale to which subdivision (b)(1) applies shall be given, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commissioner, in writing, by registered or certified mail or by personal service, not less than twenty-five (25) days prior to such sale, to the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate;

          (B)  Consent to Sale.  Notwithstanding the notice requirement of this subsection (b), a sale described in subdivision (b)(1) of property shall discharge or divest such property of the lien or title of the state, if the state consents to the sale of such property free of such lien or title; and

          (C)  Sale of Perishable Goods.  Notwithstanding the notice requirement of this section, a sale described in subdivision (b)(1) of property liable to perish or become greatly reduced in price or value by keeping, or that cannot be kept without great expense, shall discharge or divest such property of the lien or title of the state if notice of such sale is given, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commissioner, in writing, by registered or certified mail or by personal service, to the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate before such sale. The proceeds, exclusive of costs, of such sale shall be held as a fund subject to the liens and claims of the state, in the same manner and with the same priority as such liens and claims had with respect to the property sold, for not less than thirty (30) days after the date of such sale.

(c)  (1)  Right to Redeem.  In the case of a sale of real property to which subdivision (b)(1) applies, to satisfy a lien prior to that of the state, the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate may redeem such property within the period allowable for redemption under law, as provided in § 67-1-1420.

     (2)  Amount to Be Paid.  In any case in which the state redeems real property pursuant to subdivision (c)(1), the amount to be paid for such property shall be the amount paid by the purchaser, plus six percent (6%) interest per annum.

     (3)  Certificate of Redemption. 

          (A)  In General.  In any case in which real property is redeemed by the state pursuant to this subsection (c), the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate shall execute a certificate of redemption for the property.

          (B)  Filing.  The commissioner or the commissioner's delegate shall, without delay, cause such certificate to be duly recorded in the proper registry of deeds.

          (C)  Effect.  A certificate of redemption executed by the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate shall constitute prima facie evidence of the regularity of such redemption and shall, when recorded, transfer to the state all the rights, title, and interest in and to such property acquired by the person from whom the state redeems such property by virtue of the sale of such property.

[Acts 1972, ch. 762, § 19; T.C.A., §§ 67-6034 67-6036; Acts 1994, ch. 640, § 2.]