Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-1004 (2026)
Appraisal required in any condemnation proceeding
✓ current as of May 2026
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in any condemnation proceeding in this state, an appraisal of the property must be obtained. The appraisal shall value the property considering its highest and best use, its use at the time of the taking, and any other uses to which the property is legally adaptable at the time of the taking. Any appraiser making an appraisal must possess the designation Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), or be an otherwise licensed and qualified appraiser under the State Licensing and Certified Real Estate Appraisers Law, compiled in title 62, chapter 39.
Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 20.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2022 · leading case: Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v. Comm'r of Internal Rev., 28 F.4th 700 (6th Cir. 2022).
Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v. Comm'r of Internal Rev., 28 F.4th 700 (6th Cir. 2022). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-1004 (emphasis added); see also id.”
Metro. Dev. & Hous. Agency v. Tower Music City II, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “03 adequately covered highest and best use and, if not, the court should have incorporated into the charge a reference to Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-1004 , a statute it had previously read to the jury.”
Lori Ann Bates v. Stephen Lee Bates (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “§ 62-39-103 (a) does not prohibit a witness from testifying to the value of real property where such an opinion of value, rather than the appraised value of property as directed by Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-1004 ,10 is sought; moreover, nothing in the statute prohibits an…”
Mike Breen v. Janice C. Sharp (2017). “- 10 - of property as directed by Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-1004 , is sought.”
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