(a) To release a perfected lien as described under this chapter, the operator of the hospital to whom the lien has been duly paid shall execute a certificate to the effect that the claim filed by such hospital for treatment, care and maintenance therein has been duly paid or discharged and authorizing the clerk in whose office the notice of hospital lien has been filed, to release the same, such release to be at the expense of the hospital.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-22-105

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
(b) The clerk shall thereupon enter upon the margin of the hospital lien book in which the lien has been entered, a memorandum of such filing and the date when such certificate of payment or discharge was filed in the clerk’s office, which certificate and entry shall constitute a release of lien, for which the clerk shall receive the sum of two dollars ($2.00).
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