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Tenn. Code Ann. § 46-8-101 (2026)

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Family Burial Grounds Protection Act." This chapter is intended to provide notice to buyers of property with known burial grounds and gravesites. It does not remove any protection to those sites under existing law.

Acts 1996, ch. 921, § 1.

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Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Sons Of Confederate Vets., Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 215 v. City of Memphis (2019).
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Sons Of Confederate Vets., Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 215 v. City of Memphis (2019). “The petition asserted seven “causes of action,” including official misconduct under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-16-402; criminal conspiracy under § 39-12-103; violation of the Family Burial Grounds Protection Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 46-8-101 to -103; and violation of the THPA.”
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