Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-103 (2026)
Horizontal property regime - Planned unit development - Establishment
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Whenever a developer, the sole owner, or the co-owners of a building expressly declare, through the recordation of a master deed or lease, or by plat, which shall set forth the particulars enumerated by § 66-27-107, their desire to submit their property to the regime established by this part, there shall be thereby established a horizontal property regime.
- (b) If there is substantial compliance with this part as pertaining to private elements, and if an appropriate legal opinion is obtained from an attorney licensed to practice law in this state to the effect that all legal documents required in this part for the creation of a planned unit development are attached and therefore a planned unit development is created under this part, then a planned unit development shall be deemed to have been properly organized and constituted under state law. All planned unit developments shall require a declaration, bylaws, a plat showing private and common elements, a townhouse corporation, charter and an attorney's opinion.
Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 3; T.C.A., § 64-2703; Acts 1990, ch. 823, § 6.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2024 · leading case: Stacy Harris v. 4215 Harding Road Homeowners Ass'n, 74 S.W.3d 359 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
Stacy Harris v. 4215 Harding Road Homeowners Ass'n, 74 S.W.3d 359 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 66-27-103, 107. The Master Deed shall also include By Laws for the administration of the budding, TenmCode Ann.”
Bernard L. Graff v. Walnut Place Subdivision Homeowners' Ass'n, Inc., No. E2004-01757-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. June 14, 2005). “is a not for profit corporation created pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-27-103 for Planned Unit Developments similar to but not the same as condominiums.”
Kong v. Chatham Vill. HOA, No. 2:23-cv-02405 (W.D. Tenn. Mar. 19, 2024). “§§ 66-27-103 , 107). This means that Plaintiff must comply with the obligations listed in the master deed, even if she never expressly signed it.”
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