Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-705 (2026)
Cancellation - Refund of payments - Lien pending refund
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Except as provided in this section, within ten (10) days after a home solicitation sale has been cancelled or an offer to purchase revoked the seller must tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness.
- (b) If the down payment includes goods traded in, the goods must be tendered in substantially as good condition as when received by the seller. If the seller fails to tender the goods as provided by this section, the buyer may elect to recover an amount equal to the trade-in allowance stated in the agreement.
- (c) Until the seller has complied with the obligations imposed by this section, the buyer may retain possession of goods delivered to the buyer by the seller and has a lien on the goods in the buyer's possession or control for any recovery to which the buyer is entitled.
Acts 1974, ch. 712, § 5; T.C.A., § 47-16-105.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2023 · leading case: Laymance v. Vaughn, 857 S.W.2d 36 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992).
Laymance v. Vaughn, 857 S.W.2d 36 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “” He, therefore, awarded damages only as specified in T.C.A. §§ 47-18-705 and 47-18-706 and declined to treble the amount.”
State of Tennessee v. Ideal Horizon Benefits, LLC (E.D. Tenn. 2023). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-705 (a) (“within ten (10) days after a home solicitation sale has been cancelled .”
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