Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-201 (2026)
Part definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, the terms set out hereinbelow are defined as follows:
- (1) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, business, trust, unincorporated organization, association or joint stock company; and
- (2) "Substantial completion" means that degree of completion of a project, improvement, or a specified area or portion thereof (in accordance with the contract documents, as modified by any change orders agreed to by the parties) upon attainment of which the owner can use the same for the purpose for which it was intended; the date of substantial completion may be established by written agreement between the contractor and the owner.
Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 5; T.C.A., § 28-318.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24
cases, 1981–2019 · leading case: Palazzo v. Harvey, 380 F. Supp. 3d 723 (M.D. Tenn. 2019).
Palazzo v. Harvey, 380 F. Supp. 3d 723 (M.D. Tenn. 2019). “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-201 ; see also Jenkins v.”
Dewberry v. Maddox, 755 S.W.2d 50 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988). “Did the trial court err in finding that this action was not barred by the statute of limitations, T.C.A. §§ 28-3-201 to 205 (1965)? 2. Did the trial court err in failing to direct a verdict in favor of Evans on the issue of breach of the implied warranty of good workmanship and…”
Henry v. Cherokee Constr. & Supply Co., Inc., 301 S.W.3d 263 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “The Trial Court entered an order finding and holding that Plaintiffs’ claim was barred by the four year statute of repose contained in Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-201, et aeq., and granting Defendant summary judgment.”
The Counts Co. v. Praters, Inc., 392 S.W.3d 80 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-201. Plaintiff argues that there were actually two separate instances of work and therefore two dates of substantial completion, i.”
Harmon v. Angus R. Jessup Assocs., Inc., 619 S.W.2d 522 (Tenn. 1981). “The only issue on appeal in these consolidated cases is the constitutionality of T.C.A. §§ 28-3-201 through 205, prohibiting suits against architects, engineers, contractors and others engaged in the construction of improvements to real property after the lapse of four years…”
Christopher J. Etheridge, Selena A. v. YMCA & West Tennessee, 391 S.W.3d 541 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “However, the trial court correctly noted that, when an injury occurs in the fourth year following substantial completion, as was the case here, Tennessee Code Annotated section 28-3-201 et seq. provides an additional one-year grace period from the date of injury, not from the…”
Meyer v. Bryson, 891 S.W.2d 223 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). “T.C.A. § 28-3-201 provides in pertinent part as follows: 28-3-201.”
Jones v. Five Star Eng'g, Inc., 717 S.W.2d 882 (Tenn. 1986). “Similar questions were presented with respect to T.C.A. §§ 28-3-201 to 205 in the Harmon case, supra.”
Rose v. Fox Pool Corp., 643 A.2d 906 (Md. 1994). “1994); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 28-3-201 to 28-3-205 (1980); Tex.”
Soldano v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 696 S.W.2d 887 (Tenn. 1985). “, Section 47-2-725, Section 28-3-105, and Section 28-3-201, 202 and 203. The defendants filed motions for summary judgment based upon these statutes of limitation and affidavits were filed in support of and in opposition to the motions for summary judgment.”
Brookridge Apts., Ltd. v. Universal Constructors, Inc., 844 S.W.2d 637 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “T.C.A. § 28-3-201 defines substantial completion as that degree of completion of a project, improvement, or a specified area or portion thereof (in accordance with the contract documents, as modified by any change order agreed to by the parties) upon attainment of which the…”
Jenkins v. Southland Capital Corp., 301 S.W.3d 268 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-201 (2000). We consider the meaning of these terms and phrases in light of the statute as a whole.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-201(2) — 3 cases
Christopher J. Etheridge, Selena A. v. YMCA & West Tennessee, 391 S.W.3d 541 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “However, the trial court correctly noted that, when an injury occurs in the fourth year following substantial completion, as was the case here, Tennessee Code Annotated section 28-3-201 et seq. provides an additional one-year grace period from the date of injury, not from the…”
Brookridge Apts., Ltd. v. Universal Constructors, Inc., 844 S.W.2d 637 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “T.C.A. § 28-3-201 defines substantial completion as that degree of completion of a project, improvement, or a specified area or portion thereof (in accordance with the contract documents, as modified by any change order agreed to by the parties) upon attainment of which the…”
Jenkins v. Southland Capital Corp., 301 S.W.3d 268 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-201 (2000). We consider the meaning of these terms and phrases in light of the statute as a whole.”
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