Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-13-101 (2026)
Lien on business property
✓ current as of May 2026
All employees and laborers of any corporation, or firm, carrying on any corporate or partnership business shall have a lien upon the corporate or firm property of every character and description, for any sums due them for labor and service performed for the corporation or firm, and such lien shall prevail over all other liens, except the vendor's lien or the lien of a mortgage, or deed of trust to secure purchase money.
Acts 1883, ch. 18, § 1; 1897, ch. 78, § 1; Shan., § 3564; mod. Code 1932, § 7989; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1301.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–2013 · leading case: Citicorp Indus. Credit, Inc. v. Brock, 483 U.S. 27 (1987).
Citicorp Indus. Credit, Inc. v. Brock, 483 U.S. 27 (1987). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-13-101 (1982) (creating statutory wage lien on "corporate or firm property of every character and description").”
Paul J. Frankenberg, III v. River City Resort, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “E2012-01106-COA-R3-CV-FILED-APRIL 11, 2013 The former president and chief operating officer of a corporation brought this action against the corporation and its CEO, alleging that Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-13-101, which grants “employees and laborers of any corporation .”
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