2014 Tennessee Code
Title 13 - Public Planning And Housing
Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program
§ 13-30-117 - Action to quiet title.

(a) A corporation shall be authorized to file an action to quiet title as to any real property in which the corporation has an interest. For purposes of any and all such actions, the corporation shall be deemed to be the holder of sufficient legal and equitable interests, and possessory rights, so as to qualify the corporation as adequate complainant in such action.

(b) Prior to the filing of an action to quiet title, the corporation shall conduct an examination of title to determine the identity of any and all persons and entities possessing a claim or interest in or to the real property. Service of the complaint to quiet title shall be provided to all such interested parties by the following methods:

(1) Registered or certified mail to such identity and address as reasonably ascertainable by an inspection of public records;

(2) In the case of occupied real property by registered or certified mail, addressed to "occupant";

(3) By posting a copy of the notice on the real property;

(4) By publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the property is located;

(5) By electronically publishing notices with addresses and descriptions via the municipality's web site; and

(6) Such other methods as the court may order.

(c) As part of the complaint to quiet title, the corporation shall file an affidavit identifying all parties potentially having an interest in the real property, and the form of notice provided.

(d) The court shall schedule a hearing on the complaint within ninety (90) days following filing of the complaint, and as to all matters upon which an answer was not filed by an interested party, the court shall issue its final judgment within one hundred twenty (120) days of the filing of the complaint.

(e) A corporation shall be authorized to join in a single complaint to quiet title one (1) or more parcels of real property.