Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-101 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part may be cited as the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act."
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 278,s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1976, ch. 530, § 7; T.C.A., § 26-807.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Four Seasons Gardening & Landscaping, Inc. v. Crouch, 688 S.W.2d 439 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984).
Four Seasons Gardening & Landscaping, Inc. v. Crouch, 688 S.W.2d 439 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “, a Georgia corporation, filed this action in the Circuit Court for Warren County pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 26-6-101 et seq. to enforce a default judgment obtained in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia against W.”
First State Bank of Holly Springs v. Wyssbrod, 124 S.W.3d 566 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “This case involves the enrollment of Mississippi judgments pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, T.C.A. § 26-6-101 et seq. Appellant, a Tennessee attorney, was admitted, pro hac vice by a Mississippi trial court, to represent a plaintiff client in a civil…”
Hart v. Tourte, 10 S.W.3d 263 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 26-6-104, Tourte argues that the “[fjailure to file a properly authenticated judgment under the requirements of the [Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, T.C.A. § 26-6-101, et seq.], which results in a dismissal of the Plaintiffs Petition to register his Judgment…”
Remington Investments, Inc. v. Ronald S. Obenauf & Ardeth Obenauf, 1 S.W.3d 666 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the trial court domesticating a Connecticut judgment under Tennessee Code Annotated section 26-6-101 et seq. against both defendants.”
Bailey v. Sneed, 49 S.W.3d 327 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “Three judgment creditors of the appellants filed their foreign judgment in the Chancery Court of Davidson County seeking to enforce the judgment pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 26-6-101, et seq. After the chancellor entered an order enforcing the foreign judgment, the judgment…”
Biogen Distributors, Inc. v. Tanner, 842 S.W.2d 253 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “In September 1989, Biogen filed an action in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking to domesticate its Florida judgment pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 26-6-101, -107 (1980). Mr.”
Oceanics Schs., Inc. v. Barbour, 112 S.W.3d 135 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “§ 26-6-101, et seq. (2000). With the passage of 30 days — there being no appeal— that judgment became final and enforceable.”
River View Land Co. v. Bucak (In Re Bucak), 278 B.R. 488 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2002). “4 River View recorded its Chancery Court judgment on March 14, 2001, in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-101 . See Complaint .”
Coastcom, Inc. v. Cruzen, 981 S.W.2d 179 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “Pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, T.C.A. § 26-6-101 et seq., Coastcom filed in the Chancery Court of Davidson County a petition to domesticate the first and second foreign judgments.”
Benham v. Fisher, 650 S.W.2d 759 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “75 with interest against the defendant, pursuant to The Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, T.C.A., § 26-6-101, et seq. The defendant responded by asserting there was no personal jurisdiction over the defendant in the Colorado court which had rendered the original judgment.”
Winston v. Millaud, 930 So. 2d 144 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “A foreign judgment filed pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 26-6-101 et seq., the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (hereinafter "UEFJA") "has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment…”
Rubio v. Precision Aerodynamics, Inc., 232 S.W.3d 738 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “Accordingly, the Superior Court of Walton County, Georgia had in personam, jurisdiction over Defendant and the resulting Georgia judgment is neither void nor voidable and is entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Tenn.Code…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-101(a) — 2 cases
Landry, Jr. v. Rudd (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).
Curtis Landry, Jr., D/B/A Landry & Assocs. v. John Daniel Rudd (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).
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