2017 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 15 - Courts of General Sessions
Part 8 - General Provisions
§ 16-15-805. Execution on personal property.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-15-805 (2017)
  • (a) The officer levying an execution issued by a general sessions court on personalty shall advertise the sale of the personalty for ten (10) days at one (1) public place in the district in which the defendant resides, at the courthouse door of the county and at two (2) public places in the district where the sale is made, subject to § 26-5-101.
  • (b) Where there is not sufficient time between the levy and return day of an execution from a general sessions court's judgment to sell, or where, for any reason, the sale cannot be had before the return, the lien given by the levy shall continue, and the general sessions court, or other proper officer, shall issue an order of sale on the execution levied and returned.
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