Whenever real property of an individual who is entitled to a homestead exemption thereon is levied on by execution or attachment, the individual’s homestead shall be set apart in the following manner:

(1) The officer executing the writs shall summon three (3) disinterested freeholders, not connected with the parties, and administer to them an oath to set apart the homestead out of the real estate so levied on;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 26-2-308

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(2) The freeholders shall examine the premises and upon oath set apart the homestead, if so desired by the individual entitled to the exemption, and set out in writing the boundaries thereof, and certify that such is the homestead set apart by them, and deliver the same to the debtor; and
(3) The remainder only of such lands so levied on or attached shall be subject to sale, which fact shall be returned on the execution.
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