Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-2-706 (2026)
Adverse claim to bank deposit
✓ current as of May 2026
Notice to any bank of an adverse claim to a deposit standing on its books to the credit of any person shall not be effectual to cause the bank to recognize the adverse claimant unless the adverse claimant shall procure a restraining order, injunction or other appropriate process against the bank from a court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.207); T.C.A., § 45-410.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: Helms v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf., 987 S.W.2d 545 (Tenn. 1999).
Helms v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf., 987 S.W.2d 545 (Tenn. 1999). “The Davidson County Criminal Court issued an ex parte order of seizure, pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 45-2-706 (Supp.1992), requiring NationsBank to freeze $30,808.”
Helms v. Dept. of Saf. (Tenn. 1999). “The Davidson County Criminal Court issued an ex parte order of seizure, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-2-706 (Supp. 1992), requiring NationsBank to freeze $30,808.”
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