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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-5-2419

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The courts having jurisdiction of any delinquent tax proceeding are vested with the authority to render judgments and decrees, and order writs of possession for the purposes declared in this part and part 25 of this chapter, and the commissioner of revenue is authorized to take all steps necessary to put the state in possession of the property.