Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-19-103 (2026)

Qui tam for bringing action

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Any person who institutes an action for money or property, claimed under a contract founded on a gambling consideration, shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100), recoverable in any court having cognizance; one-half (1/2) to the person who shall sue therefor, the other one-half (1/2) to the county in which action is brought.

Code 1858, § 1774 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 3164; Code 1932, § 7817; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1703.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: The Mirage Casino-Hotel v. Pearsall (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).

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The Mirage Casino-Hotel v. Pearsall (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 29-19-102 (1980) (barring any action to recover money or property won by any species or mode of gambling); T.C.A. § 29-19-103 (1980) (providing a qui tam action and monetary penalty against anyone who institutes an action for money or property claimed under a contract founded…”

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