Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-103 (2026)
Conflicts within code
✓ current as of May 2026
If provisions of different titles or chapters of the code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of that title or chapter.
Code 1932, § 13; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-303.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 603 (Tenn. 1987).
Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 603 (Tenn. 1987). “2d 765, 767 (1966) (citations omitted; also citing what is now T.C.A. § 1-3-103). Moreover, as stated in Neff v.”
Larry Sneed v. The City of Red Bank, Tennessee, 459 S.W.3d 17 (Tenn. 2014). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 1-3-103 (2014). “The [Legislature's failure to express disapproval of a judicial construction of a statute is persuasive evidence of legislative adoption of the judicial construction.”
Neff v. Cherokee Ins. Co., 704 S.W.2d 1 (Tenn. 1986). “Nevertheless, not only do we look beyond thése isolated sections of Title 56 to ascertain the policy involved, but we also are guided by T.C.A. § 1-3-103 (1985), which provides that conflicts among Code provisions are to be resolved so that each provision prevails as to subjects…”
Witter v. Nesbit, 878 S.W.2d 116 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993). “The Court, speaking through Judge Goddard, said: T.C.A. § 1-3-103 provides: If provisions of different titles or chapters of the Code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject…”
Lady v. Kregger, 747 S.W.2d 342 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987). “T.C.A. § 1-3-103 provides: If provisions of different titles or chapters of the Code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of that title or chapter.”
State Ex Rel. Metro. Gov't v. Spicewood Creek Watershed Dist., 848 S.W.2d 60 (Tenn. 1993). “This rule is codified at Tenn.Code Ann. § 1-3-103 (1985), which directs that conflicts among Code provisions are to be resolved so that each provision prevails as to “all matters and questions” within the special purview of the relevant chapter or title.”
Atkins v. Marks, 288 S.W.3d 356 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “2d 266, 270 (1961)(addressing, respectively, the precursors of current sections 26-4-104 and 20-3-101); see also Tenn.Code Ann. § 1-3-103 (2003) (formerly section 1-303, providing that "if provisions of different titles or chapters of the code appear to contravene each other,…”
Brewer v. Lincoln Brass Works, Inc., 991 S.W.2d 226 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-103 ; see also Moore, 722 S.”
Byrd v. Bradley, 913 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “§ 40-3613, in line with the principle of statutory construction found in Tenn.Code Ann. § 1-3-103: “If provisions of different titles or chapters of the code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters or questions…”
Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 599 (Tenn. 1987). “2d 765, 767 (1966) (citations omitted; also citing what is now T.C.A. § 1-3-103). Moreover, as stated in Neff v.”
Mandi Gregory v. Peachtree Settlement a/k/a Settlement Funding, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-103 . IV. Analysis Title 34, chapter 3 of the Tennessee Code Annotated addresses the appointment of conservators generally.”
Judy Pewitt v. Lillie Buford, A. Cliff Frensley & Williamson Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “7 This conclusion is supported by T.C.A. § 1-3-103 (1994) which states, "If provisions of different titles or chapters of the Code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject…”
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