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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101)
Chapter 41 - ABUSIVE CIVIL ACTIONS (§§ 29-41-101 — 29-41-107)
Section 29-41-103 - Defendant's right to raise claim - Hearing on court's own motion
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TN Code § 29-41-103 (2023)
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- (a) If a civil action is filed and the defendant to the action believes it to be an abusive civil action, the claim may be raised by the defendant:
- (1) In the answer to the civil action; or
- (2) By motion made at any time during the civil action.
- (b) The court may, on its own motion, determine that a hearing pursuant to § 29-41-104 is necessary to determine if the civil action is an abusive civil action.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 872, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
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