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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-25-205

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Any person appearing before the register for the purpose of making a release or partial release of any lien, on the margin opposite any such instrument of record in any book in the registry, shall produce and exhibit to the register, at the time of applying for such release, the original note or other instrument evidencing the indebtedness secured by the lien, or file an affidavit excusing the production thereof upon the ground that same has been lost, destroyed or mislaid, unintentionally.