Tennessee Code 66-11-106 – Duration of lien
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-11-106
- Improvement: means the result of any action or any activity in furtherance of constructing, erecting, altering, repairing, demolishing, removing, or furnishing materials or labor for any building, structure, appurtenance to the building or structure, fixture, bridge, driveway, private roadway, sidewalk, walkway, wharf, sewer, utility, watering system, or other similar enhancement, or any part thereof, on, connected with, or beneath the surface. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Prime contractor: means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
A prime contractor‘s lien shall continue for one (1) year after the date the improvement is complete or is abandoned, and until the final decision of any suit properly brought within that time for its enforcement.