(a) For purposes of § 66-11-145, the name of any owner, the owner’s agent, any prime contractor, any remote contractor, or any other person, their addresses, and the real property description stated in a building permit authorizing the improvement shall be presumed to be correct and, in the case of property description, sufficient to identify the real property.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-11-149

  • 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
  • Owner: includes the owner in fee of real property, or of a less estate in real property, a lessee for a term of years, a vendee in possession under a contract for the purchase of real property, and any person having any right, title or interest, legal or equitable, in real property, that may be sold under process. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
  • Prime contractor: means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Real property: includes real estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, and fixtures and improvements thereon. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
  • Remote contractor: means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) If one (1) or more agents are specified on the building permit, service on a listed agent shall be deemed to be service on all of the agent’s principals, including those who have not separately listed an agent. If one (1) or more owners are specified on the building permit, service on the listed owner or owners shall be deemed to be service on all owners, including those not listed.
(c) For the purposes of this chapter, except as provided in § 66-11-108, any notice or other document required or permitted to be served shall be served by one (1) or more of the following means:

(1) Registered or certified mail, return receipt requested;
(2) Hand delivery, evidenced by a sworn statement, properly notarized, confirming delivery; or
(3) Any other commercial delivery service that provides written confirmation of delivery.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that service is complete:

(1) Upon receipt by the party being served by hand delivery;
(2) Within three (3) business days of mailing if served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested; or
(3) One (1) business day after commercial, overnight delivery if served by that means.
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