Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-12-101 (2026)
Fraudulent conveyances and other devices
✓ current as of May 2026
Any creditor, without first having obtained a judgment at law, may file the bill in chancery for the creditor, or for the creditor and other creditors, to set aside fraudulent conveyances of property, or other devices resorted to for the purpose of hindering and delaying creditors, and subject the property, by sale or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the debt.
Code 1858, § 4288 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 365, § 10); Shan., §6097; Code 1932, § 10358; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1001.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2023 · leading case: Givler v. Givler, 964 S.W.2d 902 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
Givler v. Givler, 964 S.W.2d 902 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “The complaint relies upon the provisions of T.C.A. § 29-12-101: Any creditor, without first having obtained a judgment at law, may file his bill in chancery for himself, or for himself and other creditors, to set aside fraudulent conveyances of property, or other devices…”
Union Planters Nat'l Bank v. Bell (In Re Bell), 55 B.R. 246 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1985). “2 May 25, 1984: The debtors filed a Chapter 7 petition. DISCUSSION As noted in the margin, it is assumed for purposes of these motions that the convey-anees were fraudulent as to the debtors’ creditors.”
Emerson v. Maples (In Re Mark Benskin & Co.), 161 B.R. 644 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1993). “§ 29-12-101, et seq. Upon the filing of a bankruptcy, avoidance powers are “explicitly give[n] only to the trustee.”
McClure v. Stegall, 729 S.W.2d 263 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987). “T.C.A. § 29-12-101. Ruth McClure cannot be considered a creditor of Rhubel McClure.”
Kreis v. Shope (In Re Ressler), 61 B.R. 403 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1986). “In Bell , citing Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-12-101 (1980) 5 and § 26-4-104 (1980), 6 Judge Lundin determined that a creditor entitled to avoid a fraudulent conveyance perfects a lien by filing a complaint and notice of lien lis pendens.”
United Nat'l Real Est., Inc. v. C.F. Thompson & Columbia Auto Parts, Inc., 941 S.W.2d 58 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “T.C.A. § 29-12-101 provides: Fraudulent conveyances and other devices.”
Edgefield Holdings, LLC v. The Blumberg 2 Trust (E.D. Tenn. 2023). “Plaintiff cites to Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-12-101 to support Count Two, which Plaintiff may have pled in the alternative to Count One.”
Emma Jean Anderson v. James Kenneth Lowry (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-12-101 (West). The statute does not contain any provision for recovery of attorney’s fees.”
Billy Perdue v. Greg Kneedler (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “Arthur raised the Statute of Frauds as a defense pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-12-101(a). On March 23, 2018, the trial court entered its final order, concluding that Messrs.”
Donald E. Blackburn v. George Blackburn (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “) (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-12-101 ), and “suit[s] to remove a cloud on title, [are] one of a class of suits in which courts of chancery historically have enforced their jurisdiction.”
City of Milan Hosp. v. Rex Ferrell (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “Plaintiff sues to set aside the conveyance of the vehicle to the Defendant Capps under the authority of T.C.A. § 29-12-101, which allows a creditor, even before obtaining a judgment, to file to set aside fraudulent conveyances of property made for the purpose of hindering and…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-12-101(a) — 1 case
Billy Perdue v. Greg Kneedler (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “Arthur raised the Statute of Frauds as a defense pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-12-101(a). On March 23, 2018, the trial court entered its final order, concluding that Messrs.”
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