Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 25-5-103 (2026)
Personal property
✓ current as of May 2026
An execution thereon shall not bind the debtor's legal or equitable interest in stock, choses in action, or other personal property, not liable at law, unless a similar abstract or memorandum is registered within sixty (60) days from rendition of the judgment or decree, in the county where the debtor resides, if the debtor lives in this state, or, if not, then in the county in which the property is located.
Code 1858, § 2985 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 11, § 3); Shan., § 4713; Code 1932, § 8048; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-504; modified.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc. v. Walker (In Re Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc.), 24 B.R. 989 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982).
Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc. v. Walker (In Re Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc.), 24 B.R. 989 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982). “and Standard Glass and Supply Company insist that it was incumbent upon Acoustics to comply with Tenn.Code Ann. § 25-5-103 (1980) in order to perfect its lien.”
Keep Fresh Filters, Inc. v. Reguli, 888 S.W.2d 437 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). “The second is the execution Ken authorized by Tenn.Code Ann. § 25-5-103 (1980) that attaches to the judgment debtor’s personal property.”
In Re N., 294 B.R. 821 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2003). “§ § 25-5-103 (1980) that attaches to the judgment debtor’s personal property.”
Skinner v. First Union Nat'l Bank (In Re Skinner), 213 B.R. 335 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1997). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 25-5-103. The Tennessee Code contains no similar provision for obtaining a judgment or execution hen upon the personalty of the defendant which is hable at law.”
Gerald Ingle, D/B/A Ingle's Sawmill & Log Co. v. Christopher W. Head & Wife, Bernadine L. Head (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). “Whether the appellee caused the seizure of the vehicle three days before obtaining issuance of the execution, without a recorded abstract or memorandum registered within sixty days of the rendition of the judgment pursuant to T.C.A. § 25-5-103, and without execution being issued…”
John Thomas Ammons v. William C. Longworth (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “address the use of garnishment as a means of execution on 2 The second lien is the execution lien authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated section 25-5-103 that attaches to the judgment debtor’s personal property.”
Carter v. United States, 216 F. Supp. 2d 700 (2002). “It contends that Carter failed to register the judgment in Shelby County, as required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 25-5-103. Carter asserts that § 25-5-103 is inapplicable and that registration is not required to enforce the judgment’s division of personal property.”
In Re Becker, 217 B.R. 231 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1998). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 25-5-103 (Michie 1980); Keep Fresh Filters, Inc.”
GP Credit Co. v. Orlando Residence (7th Cir. 2003). “The writ of execution and the motion to subject presupposed a judg- ment, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 25-5-103 , 26-4-101(a), 102; Keep Fresh Filters, Inc.”
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