Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-102 (2026)
Computation of time
✓ current as of May 2026
The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, and then it shall also be excluded.
Code 1858, § 48; Shan., § 60; Code 1932, § 11; Acts 1965, ch. 203, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-302.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: Sanders v. Traver, 109 S.W.3d 282 (Tenn. 2003).
Sanders v. Traver, 109 S.W.3d 282 (Tenn. 2003). “01 defines the twelve-month period consistently with Tennessee Code Annotated section 1-3-102, relating to “Construction of Statutes,” which declares § 1-3-102.”
Shirley M. Cartwright v. Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., 453 S.W.3d 910 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “Defendant also asserts that Tenn.Code Ann. § 1-3-102 should be considered.”
Pera v. Kroger Co., 674 S.W.2d 715 (Tenn. 1984). “For computation of time, see T.C.A. § 1-3-102. [3] An information sheet from the psychologist's office stated that Ms.”
Brenda Woods, Tawana Polk, Jonathan Joy, & Clifton Polk v. Cathy N. Jones, Adm'r of Elections, Hardeman Cnty. Election Comm'n, 204 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “T.C.A. § 1-3-102 (2003). In this case, the tenth day after the election was May 29, 2005, which was a Sunday.”
Robinson v. Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., 857 S.W.2d 559 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993). “Robinson came in on Monday_ Mr. Robinson .”
L-C Flowers v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 713 S.W.2d 69 (Tenn. 1986). “Also pertinent is T.C.A. § 1-3-102 which provides: Computation of time.”
State v. Smith, 278 S.W.3d 325 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2008). “Instead, the issue of computation is controlled by the general law, which provides, The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday,…”
Carefree Vacations, Inc. v. Brunner, 615 F. Supp. 211 (W.D. Tenn. 1985). “§ 1-3-102 provides in pertinent part: ...”
Johnson v. Ragsdale, 158 S.W.3d 426 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “We are mindful that “[t]he time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, and then it shall also be excluded.”
Weill v. Evans Lumber Co. (In Re Johnson), 25 B.R. 889 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982). “Evans Lumber might also have relied on Tennessee Code Annotated § 1-3-102, which provides: The time within which any act provided by law is to be done, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal…”
Loyd v. Fed. Kemper Life Assurance Co., 518 N.W.2d 374 (Iowa 1994). “” T.C.A. § 1-3-102. The court “conclude[d] that the payment of a premium under a grace period provision of a life insurance policy is ‘an act provided by law1 within the meaning of T.”
Simmons v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 747 F. Supp. 1256 (W.D. Tenn. 1990). “§ 1-3-102 ). Many courts have applied the general rule or parts of it to contracts where different meanings are not given in the contract itself and have declared the rule to be one of common law.”
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