Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-102 (2026)
Notice to all the world
✓ current as of May 2026
All of the instruments registered pursuant to § 66-24-101 shall be notice to all the world from the time they are noted for registration, as prescribed in § 8-13-108; and shall take effect from such time.
Code 1858, § 2073 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, §§ 6, 12; 1841-1842, ch. 12, § 2); Shan., §3750; Code 1932, § 7666; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2602.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Grand Valley Lakes Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. Dennis Burrow, 376 S.W.3d 66 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011).
Grand Valley Lakes Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. Dennis Burrow, 376 S.W.3d 66 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Tennessee Code Annotated Section 66-26-102 provides: “All of the instruments registered pursuant to § 66-24-101 shall be notice to all the world from the time they are noted for registration, as prescribed in § 8-13-108; and shall take effect from such time.”
Limor v. Fleet Mortg. Grp., 12 S.W.3d 449 (Tenn. 2000). “Without a notary’s seal, however, the creditor or purchaser may be unsure as to the validity of the instrument. *454 A legally registered deed of trust places subsequent creditors and purchasers on constructive notice.”
Wilhite Pure Oil Truck Stop, Inc. v. McCutchen (In Re McCutchen), 115 B.R. 126 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1990). “This conclusion is supported by the language of Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-26-102 that: all of said instruments so registered shall be notice to all the world from the time they are noted for registration, as prescribed in § 8-13-108; and shall take effect from said time.”
Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc. v. Walker (In Re Robby's Pancake House of Florida, Inc.), 24 B.R. 989 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982). “§ 66-24-101 (1982) is “notice to all the world from the time they are noted for registration _” Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-102 (1982). A federal tax lien is not among the instruments mentioned in Tenn.”
Lancaster v. Hurst (In Re Hurst), 27 B.R. 740 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-102 (1982) provides that the registration of a document or writing eligible for registration is effective to give notice “to all the world” from the time of noting for registration.”
Washington Mut. Bank, F.A. v. ORNL Fed. Credit Union, 300 S.W.3d 665 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-102. At trial, the trial court stated that “[t]he fact that the information was out there lodged in a register of deeds office somewhere, certainly, in the absence of ORNL’s self-imposed obligations, would have been enough to bind the title company and…”
In Re Fairfield Grp. P'ship, 69 B.R. 318 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1987). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-102 (1982), entitled "Notice to all the world," provides that: "All of said instruments so registered shall be notice to all the world from the time they are noted for registration, as prescribed in § 8-13-108; and shall• take effect from said time.”
McAllister v. Cherokee Valley Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n (In Re McAllister), 52 B.R. 293 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1985). “The IRS must be held to knowledge that the recorded deeds were sufficient under Tennessee law to make the building property of McAllister, Byers, and Chastain as a partnership.”
Brown v. Seal, 179 S.W.3d 481 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “This statute is currently codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-102 and remains essentially unchanged.”
Bank of Am. v. Greene, 465 B.R. 789 (E.D. Tenn. 2012). “11-12 (quoting Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-102) ]. The phrase “noted for registration” is described in § 8 — 13— 108, which charges registers of deeds with the following duties: (1) Determine whether each instrument offered for registration is entitled to registration under the laws…”
In re Total Care, Inc., 102 B.R. 646 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1989). “T.C.A. § 66-26-102. Therefore, each bondholder is held to have notice of the prior mortgages securing previous bond series since the deeds of trust were properly filed and recorded, leaving those interests perfected.”
Edward Hutchinson, James Hutchinson, & Sharon Hutchinson v. Est. of Allien Day Morrison Nunn by & through Rebecca D. Ozier (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-102 (2004). On December 15, 2003, the Plaintiffs filed a response to the Estate’s motion for summary judgment, arguing that genuine issues of material fact exist regarding the commencement date of the limitations period.”
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