Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-320 (2026)
Award
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) An arbitrator shall make a record of an award. The record must be signed or otherwise authenticated by an arbitrator who concurs with the award. The arbitrator or the arbitration organization shall give notice of the award, including a copy of the award, to each party to the arbitration proceeding.
- (b) An award must be made within the time specified by the agreement to arbitrate or, if not specified in the agreement, within the time ordered by the court. The court may extend, or the parties to the arbitration proceeding may agree in a record, to extend the time. The court or the parties may do so within or after the time specified or ordered. A party waives an objection that an award was not timely made, unless the party gives notice of the objection to the arbitrator before receiving notice of the award.
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 319, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: T.R. Mills Contractors, Inc. v. WRH Enter., LLC, 93 S.W.3d 861 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002).
T.R. Mills Contractors, Inc. v. WRH Enter., LLC, 93 S.W.3d 861 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “WRH cites section 29-5-302(a) of the Tennessee Code which state: “provided, that for contracts relating to farm property, structures or goods, or to property or structures utilized as a residence of a party, the clause providing for arbitration shall be additionally signed or…”
Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. v. William Hamilton Smythe, III, 401 S.W.3d 595 (Tenn. 2013). “Mindful that Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-5-320 (2012) prompts us to interpret the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act in a manner consistent with the other states that have adopted the Uniform Arbitration Act, we have compared our construction of Tenn.”
Buraczynski v. Eyring, 919 S.W.2d 314 (Tenn. 1996). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-5-320 (1995 Supp.). Moreover, this Court has said that although “opinions by courts of sister states construing uniform acts are not binding upon this court, we are mindful that the objective of uniformity cannot be achieved by ignoring utterances of other…”
Pugh's Lawn Landscape Co. v. Jaycon Dev. Corp., 320 S.W.3d 252 (Tenn. 2010). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-5-320. We look to other states for guidance.”
Int'l Talent Grp., Inc. v. Copyright Mgmt., Inc., 769 S.W.2d 217 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988). “The first is: “The trial court erred in reducing the lump-sum arbitration award in favor of ITG against CMI for failure to deliver a workable software-hardware computer system.”
City of Blaine v. John Coleman Hayes & Assocs., Inc., 818 S.W.2d 33 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991). “§ 29-5-301 — § 29-5-320 (Supp.1990). The provisions of the act pertinent to the controversy before us are T.”
Berkeley Rsch. Grp., LLC v. S. Advanced Materials, LLC (Tenn. 2026). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-302 . While we are not bound by the holdings of other jurisdictions, this interpretation of section 29-5-302 likewise promotes the principle of comity with other jurisdictions that have interpreted this section under the UAA.”
Adams TV of Memphis, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local 474, 932 S.W.2d 932 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “Specifically, T.C.A. § 29-5-320 provides that “[t]his part shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.”
Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. v. William Hamilton Smythe, III, Individually William H. Smythe, IV, Trust U/A/DTD 12/29/87, William H. Smythe, III, Tr. & Smythe Child.'s Trust 2 FBO Katherine S. Thinnes U/A/DTD 12/29/87 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “” T.C.A. § 29-5-320 (2000). Subsection (3) of Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-5-319(a) To support the argument that this Court has jurisdiction to hear this appeal under subsection (3) of Section 29-5-319(a) of the TUAA, Smythe relies on the reasoning employed by the Utah…”
Pugh's Lawn Landscape Co., Inc. v. Jaycon Dev. Corp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Therefore, we find that the arbitration agreement between Appellant and Appellee improperly expanded the 1 Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-320 , we are required to construe the arbitration statutes so as to conform with the laws of the other states which have adopted the UAA.”
Rafia N. Khan, Individually, & In Her Capacity As Tr. Of The Rafia N. Khan Irrevocable Trust v. Regions Bank (2019). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-320 : It is axiomatic that a purpose in enacting uniform laws is to achieve conformity, not uniqueness.”
David Frounfelker v. Identity Grp., Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-320 (2000); see also Buraczynski v.”
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