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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 452 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Glynn |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0452 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002217 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 |
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| 14 | 13 | | and Title 66, relative to eviction actions. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-18-117, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 17 | | the section and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | The officer serving the warrant shall notify the defendant of the time and place of |
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| 20 | 19 | | trial. The trial must be held not less than six (6) days from the date of service. For trials |
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| 21 | 20 | | for unlawful detainer based solely on a complaint for nonpayment of rent, the trial must |
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| 22 | 21 | | be held not more than fourteen (14) days from the date the plaintiff filed the unlawful |
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| 23 | 22 | | detainer action. |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 18, is amended by adding |
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| 25 | 24 | | the following as a new section: |
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| 26 | 25 | | In a trial or hearing for unlawful detainer based solely on nonpayment of rent, the |
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| 27 | 26 | | scope of the hearing must be limited to facts and issues related to nonpayment of rent, |
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| 28 | 27 | | including the terms of the lease agreement and payment history of the defendant. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-18-126, is amended by deleting |
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| 30 | 29 | | the section and substituting: |
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| 31 | 30 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an execution or writ of possession must |
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| 32 | 31 | | not be issued against the defendant upon any judgment issued under this chapter until |
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| 33 | 32 | | after the lapse of ten (10) days from the rendition of the judgment. |
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| 34 | 33 | | (b) |
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| 41 | 40 | | (A) Be issued against the defendant within twenty-four (24) hours |
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| 42 | 41 | | from rendition of the judgment; and |
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| 43 | 42 | | (B) Require the defendant to vacate the property and return |
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| 44 | 43 | | possession of it to the plaintiff within seven (7) days from the defendant's |
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| 45 | 44 | | receipt of the writ. |
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| 46 | 45 | | (2) If the defendant fails to vacate the property and return possession of |
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| 47 | 46 | | the property to the plaintiff within the seven-day timeframe described under |
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| 48 | 47 | | subdivision (b)(1)(B), then the plaintiff may request from the sheriff of the county |
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| 49 | 48 | | in which the property is located the immediate removal of the defendant. |
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| 50 | 49 | | SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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