Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0544 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 02/06/2025

                             
HOUSE BILL 1342 
 By Lamberth 
 
SENATE BILL 544 
By Stevens 
 
 
SB0544 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, 
relative to Uniform Commercial Code financing 
statement filings. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(5)(C), is amended by 
deleting the subdivision and substituting: 
 (C)  Within three (3) business days of receipt of the petition for review and cost 
bond by the filing office, the filing office shall forward the petition, the Uniform 
Commercial Code financing statement that is the subject of the petition, and the 
notarized affidavit of the public official to the administrative procedures division of the 
office of the secretary of state, along with a request for a hearing. 
 SECTION 2.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(7), is amended by 
adding the following language at the end of the subdivision: 
If an administrative law judge reaches a determination as described in this subsection, 
then the secured party shall provide a copy of the determination to the filing office. 
 SECTION 3.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(8), is amended by 
adding the following language at the end of the subdivision: 
If an administrative law judge reaches a determination as described in this subsection, 
then the public official filing an affidavit under this part shall provide a copy of such 
determination to the filing office.  If the secured party seeks review of a determination 
made by an administrative law judge under this subsection pursuant to ยง 4-5-322, then 
the secured party shall provide a copy of the petition for judicial review to the filing office 
within seven (7) days of the filing of the petition.   
 
 
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 SECTION 4.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.