Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (2026)

Personal jurisdiction based on conduct

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(a) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or indirectly, as to a claim for relief arising from the person's:
- (1) Transacting any business in this state;
- (2) Contracting to supply services or things in this state;
- (3) Causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this state;
- (4) Causing tortious injury in this state by an act or omission outside this state of the person who regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered, in this state;
- (5) Having an interest in, using or possessing real property in this state;
- (6) Contracting to insure any person, property or risk located within this state at the time of contracting; or
- (7) Conduct as a director or officer of a domestic corporation or the conduct of a domestic corporation while the person held office as a director or officer.

(b) When jurisdiction over a person is based solely upon this section, only a claim for relief arising from acts enumerated in this section may be asserted against that person.

Acts 1997, ch. 226, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Chenault v. Walker, 36 S.W.3d 45 (Tenn. 2001).

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Chenault v. Walker, 36 S.W.3d 45 (Tenn. 2001). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a), (a)(3). There is no doubt that Chenault has sufficiently alleged that Walker has committed a “tortious act .”

Susan McKnight, Inc. v. United Indus. Corp., 273 F. Supp. 3d 874 (W.D. Tenn. 2017). · cites it 6× “2d 841 (2016); Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a). 1 Thus, the Court need only *880 determine whether exercising personal jurisdiction over the defendant is consistent with federal due process requirements.”

State of Tennessee v. NV Sumatra Tobacco Trading Co., 403 S.W.3d 726 (Tenn. 2013). · cites it 4× “26 Tennessee has a third, vestigial “long-arm” statute found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (2009). This statute is narrower in scope than Tenn.”

United Agric. Servs., Inc. v. Scherer, 17 S.W.3d 252 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “nessee who are outside the state and cannot be personally served with process within the state are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any action or claim for relief arising from: (1) The transaction of any business within the state; [[Image here]] (6)…”

Gregurek v. Swope Motors, Inc., 138 S.W.3d 882 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 7× “Subsection (4) of Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-223 was adopted in 1997.”

Humphreys v. Selvey, 154 S.W.3d 544 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “This Court has jurisdiction over the defendant by virtue of T.C.A. § 20-2-223 (2002) because the defendant transacted business in the State of Tennessee, contracted to supply services or things in the State of Tennessee, and tortiously injured plaintiff by acts which occurred in…”

Kelly v. Int'l Capital Resources, Inc., 231 F.R.D. 502 (M.D. Tenn. 2005). “§ 20-2-223. See Chenault v. Walker, 36 S.”

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Agarita Music, Inc., 182 F. Supp. 2d 653 (M.D. Tenn. 2002). “§ 20-2-223. 7 . The Court's Due Process analysis is governed by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution instead of the Fourteenth Amendment in a federal question case such as this one; however, the standards to be applied under the Fifth Amendment are essentially…”

Progeny Mktg. v. Farmers & Merchants Bank (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 12× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (Supp. 2004). Scherer, involved only a note owed by a non-resident, prepared in Tennessee, governed by Tennessee law, with payments to be made in Tennessee.”

Hardaway v. Quince Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2020). · cites it 5× “3d at 551 (holding that defendants purposefully availed themselves of a forum when they entered into “a continuing business relationship that lasted a period of many years”); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a)(2) (providing for jurisdiction over a person3 who contracts to…”

Brown v. Quince Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2020). · cites it 5× “3d at 551 (holding that defendants purposefully availed themselves of a forum when they entered into “a continuing business relationship that lasted a period of many years”); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a)(2) (providing for jurisdiction over a person1 who contracts to…”

Hannah Dev., LLC v. Maverick Gen. Contractors, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “Specifically, the circuit court found inapplicable both Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-2-223(a)(1), which permits state courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants who “[t]ransact[] any business in this state,” and Tennessee Code Annotated section…”

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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(3) — 1 case

Chenault v. Walker, 36 S.W.3d 45 (Tenn. 2001). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a), (a)(3). There is no doubt that Chenault has sufficiently alleged that Walker has committed a “tortious act .”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(4) — 3 cases

Hardaway v. Quince Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2020). “3d at 551 (holding that defendants purposefully availed themselves of a forum when they entered into “a continuing business relationship that lasted a period of many years”); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a)(2) (providing for jurisdiction over a person3 who contracts to…”

Sanders v. Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2020).

Brown v. Quince Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2020). “3d at 551 (holding that defendants purposefully availed themselves of a forum when they entered into “a continuing business relationship that lasted a period of many years”); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (a)(2) (providing for jurisdiction over a person1 who contracts to…”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(a) — 5 cases

Denton v. Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. (W.D. Tenn. 2020).

Yarbrough v. Quince Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2022).

State of Tennessee, by & through Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney Gen. & Reporter for the State of Tennessee v. NV Sumatra Tobacco Trading Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011).

Crawford v. Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC d/b/a Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. (W.D. Tenn. 2021).

William H. Richardson v. Bates Show Sales Staff, inc. d/b/a Bates RV Exch. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(a)(1) — 1 case

Hannah Dev., LLC v. Maverick Gen. Contractors, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “Specifically, the circuit court found inapplicable both Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-2-223(a)(1), which permits state courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants who “[t]ransact[] any business in this state,” and Tennessee Code Annotated section…”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(a)(2) — 2 cases

United Agric. Servs., Inc. v. Scherer, 17 S.W.3d 252 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “nessee who are outside the state and cannot be personally served with process within the state are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any action or claim for relief arising from: (1) The transaction of any business within the state; [[Image here]] (6)…”

Progeny Mktg. v. Farmers & Merchants Bank (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-223 (Supp. 2004). Scherer, involved only a note owed by a non-resident, prepared in Tennessee, governed by Tennessee law, with payments to be made in Tennessee.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(a)(4) — 1 case

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-223(b) — 2 cases

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