Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-608 (2026)

Incomplete inventory

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Any person interested in any deceased person's estate as legatee, distributee, surviving spouse, creditor, or otherwise, may, at any time before final settlement of the estate, show by proof that the personal representative has not returned a complete inventory, and the article or articles omitted in the inventory shall be debited to the personal representative at the value of the article or articles, unless the personal representative can show a sufficient reason for leaving the article or articles out of the inventory.

Code 1858, § 2303 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 1); Shan., § 4039; mod. Code 1932, § 8252; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1109.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2010 · leading case: In the Matter of: The Est. of Anna Sue Dunlap, Richard Gossum, Adm'r CTA (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010).

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In the Matter of: The Est. of Anna Sue Dunlap, Richard Gossum, Adm'r CTA (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “The appellants have failed to demonstrate that the chancery court erred when it 4 The appellants cite Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-2-608 to demonstrate that the successor administrator had a duty to return a complete inventory of the assets of the estate, but there is no…”

Richard Manson v. Anthony Gross (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Goss is liable to the estate for such amount pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 30-2-608 and as surety, defendant Western Surety is also liable to the estate for such amounts.”

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