Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-201 (2026)
"Absentee" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires, an "absentee" is:
- (1) Any person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, in or with the Red Cross, in or with the merchant marines or otherwise, during any period of time when a state of hostilities exists between the United States and any other power and for one (1) year thereafter, who has been reported or listed as missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by the enemy; and
- (2) Any resident of this state, or any person owning property in this state, who disappears under circumstances indicating that the person may have died, either naturally, accidentally or at the hand of another, or may have disappeared as the result of mental derangement, amnesia or other mental cause.
Acts 1972, ch. 785, § 1; T.C.A., § 30-1901.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1999–2003 · leading case: March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003).
March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 30-3-201 to 210. Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-3-203 provides for the transfer of property without conservatorship to the spouse or next of kin of any "absentee" as defined in section 30-3-201 of the Code, where the property has a gross value of less than…”
Perry March v. Lawrence Levine (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-201 to 210. Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-3-203 provides for the transfer of property without conservatorship to the spouse or next of kin of any “absentee” as defined in section 30-3-201 of the Code, where the property has a gross value of less than…”
In re: The Est. of Janet Gail Levine March, Absentee (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 30-3-201 , et seq. After appointing a conservator for the estate, the Probate Court of Davidson County approved the sale of the absentee’s major asset, and the distribution of part of the proceeds to the absentee’s husband, who is a suspect in her disappearance.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-201(2) — 1 case
March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 30-3-201 to 210. Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-3-203 provides for the transfer of property without conservatorship to the spouse or next of kin of any "absentee" as defined in section 30-3-201 of the Code, where the property has a gross value of less than…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-201(2)(1984) — 1 case
March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 30-3-201 to 210. Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-3-203 provides for the transfer of property without conservatorship to the spouse or next of kin of any "absentee" as defined in section 30-3-201 of the Code, where the property has a gross value of less than…”
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