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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-12-103

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

A landlord and one controlling land by lease or otherwise shall have a like lien on all crops of tenants or sharecroppers grown during the year on the land, for the payment of necessary fertilizer, implements, work stock, feed for stock, seed, labor and insecticide, furnished to and used by such tenants or sharecroppers in the production of the crops.