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Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (2026)

Unregistered instruments void as to creditors and bona fide purchasers

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Any instruments not so registered, or noted for registration, shall be null and void as to existing or subsequent creditors of, or bona fide purchasers from, the makers without notice.

Code 1858, § 2075 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 12; 1841-1842, ch. 12, §2); Shan., §3752; mod. Code 1932, § 7668; C. Supp. 1950, § 7668; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2603; Acts 2005, ch. 303, § 2.

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Cited in 50 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: Holiday Hosp. Franchising, Inc. v. States Resources, Inc., 232 S.W.3d 41 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006).
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Holiday Hosp. Franchising, Inc. v. States Resources, Inc., 232 S.W.3d 41 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 18× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (2004 & Supp.”
Walker v. Elam (In Re Fowler), 201 B.R. 771 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1996). · cites it 14× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (1993); Tenn.Code Ann.”
Lancaster v. Hurst (In Re Hurst), 27 B.R. 740 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). · cites it 18× “Most significantly, Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (1982) recites: Unregistered instruments void as to creditors and bona fide purchasers.”
McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson), 30 B.R. 995 (M.D. Tenn. 1983). · cites it 8× “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (1982). As recently explained by the Tennessee Court of Appeals in American City Bank v.”
Limor v. Fleet Mortg. Grp., 12 S.W.3d 449 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 7× “She insists, therefore, that the instrument is null and void under Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 as to subsequent creditors or bona fide purchasers without notice.”
In Re Crim, 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). · cites it 6× “" Tenn Code Ann. § 66-26-103. The signature on behalf of Edward J.”
Mostoller v. Kelley (In Re Kelley), 304 B.R. 331 (E.D. Tenn. 2003). · cites it 4× “Finally, section 66-26-103, entitled Unregistered instruments void as to creditors and bona fide purchasers, provides that: Any of such instruments not so proved, or acknowledged and registered, or noted for registration, shall be null and void as to existing or subsequent…”
Farmer v. LaSalle Bank (In Re Morgan), 291 B.R. 795 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2003). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (1993). 5 . The York court noted that "[i]n this case neither the debtor nor the lienor (the debtor's brother-in-law) demonstrated any particular diligence about the notation of the lien.”
Waldschmidt v. Dennis (In Re Muller), 185 B.R. 552 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1995). · cites it 3× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (Miche 1993 & Supp.”
Mullane v. Chambers, 333 F.3d 322 (1st Cir. 2003). “Moreover, while it is ordinarily true that the rights of an attaching or judgment creditor do not have priority over a prior unrecorded conveyance, many states have abrogated this principle by protecting creditor’s rights through a recording statute.”
Bankers Trust Co. v. Collins, 124 S.W.3d 576 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Tenn Code Ann. § 66-26-103 provides: Unregistered Instruments Void as to Creditors and Bona Fide Purchasers: Any of such instruments not so proved or acknowledged and registered or noted for registration shall be null and void as to existing or subsequent creditors of, or bona…”
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). · cites it 2× “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-26-103 (1993); Limor v.”
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