Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-717 (2026)
Supplement to other laws - Retroactive application
✓ current as of May 2026
This part does not supersede any other statute or law relating to forfeiture of property and may be used in conjunction with administrative forfeiture laws. This law pertaining to the forfeiture of property is remedial and shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose. This part shall apply retroactively to all proceeds acquired or received prior to June 27, 1998, if the conduct giving rise to forfeiture constituted a criminal offense at the time of the acquisition of the property.
Acts 1998, ch. 979, § 17.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2001–2015 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. A Tract of Land Known as 141 Belle Forest Circle (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001).
State of Tennessee v. A Tract of Land Known as 141 Belle Forest Circle (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-717 ; cf., e.g., Tenn.”
Charles A. Harmon v. James J.J. Jones (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “They argued that section 39-11-717 provides that the judicial 4 (.”
In Re Tennessee Walking Horse Forfeiture Litig. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “See also Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-717 (noting that the forfeiture scheme “may be used in conjunction with” other forfeiture laws and should “be liberally construed to effect its purpose”).”
State of Tennessee v. Jerry Lewis Tuttle (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “‖ See T.C.A. § 39-11-717. 4 There were several other items ordered to be forfeited in this case; however, the Defendant-Appellant challenges only the forfeiture of the money.”
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