Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-103 (2026)
Forms of conveyances
✓ current as of May 2026
The following or other equivalent forms, varied to suit the precise state of facts, are sufficient for the purposes contemplated, without further circumlocution:
- (1)
- (A) For a deed in fee with general warranty: "I hereby convey to A. B. the following tract of land (describing it), and I warrant the title against all persons whomsoever;"
- (B) Covenants of seisin, possession, and special warranty: "I covenant that I am seized and possessed of this land, and have a right to convey it, and I warrant the title against all persons claiming under me;"
- (2) For a quitclaim deed: "I hereby quitclaim to A. B. all my interest in the following land" (describing it);
- (3) For a mortgage: "I hereby convey to A. B. the following land (describing it), to be void upon condition that I pay," etc; and
- (4) For a deed of trust: "For the purpose of securing to A. B. a note of this date, due at twelve (12) months, with interest from date (or as the case may be), I hereby convey to C. D., in trust, the following property (describing it). And if the note is not paid at maturity, I hereby authorize C. D. to sell the property herein conveyed (stating the manner, place of sale, notice, etc.), to execute a deed to the purchaser, to pay off the amount herein secured, with interest and costs, and to hold the remainder subject to my order."
Code 1858, § 2013; Shan., § 3680; Code 1932, § 7607; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-502.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: R. Douglas Hughes v. New Life Dev. Corp., 387 S.W.3d 453 (Tenn. 2012).
R. Douglas Hughes v. New Life Dev. Corp., 387 S.W.3d 453 (Tenn. 2012). “Thus, in contrast to the Work Product Documents, the real property described in the Purchase and Sale Agreement was actually conveyed by execution of the deed so as to satisfy various statutory requirements.”
ABN AMRO Mortg. Grp., Inc. v. S. Sec. Fed. Credit Union, 372 S.W.3d 121 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-103. The question, then, is whether a description and, in this case, a description that contains an error is sufficient to satisfy this requirement.”
In re Lady Bug Corp., 500 B.R. 556 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-103(2). The quitclaim deed by which Ms.”
CC Holdings (Tennessee), Inc. v. Tennessee Gas Transp., Inc. (In Re Tennessee Gas Transp., Inc.), 169 B.R. 643 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1994). “The sole issue before the court at this time is the validity and enforceability of the Feinsod and DeBlasio deeds of trust which were recorded prior to plaintiffs deed of trust.”
Johnson v. Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y, FSB as Tr. fo (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2020). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-103 ; see also Jahn v.”
Nena Proffitt Valentine v. Fred Holt (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). “Janeway responds that, because this language in the deed does not designate Polly Place with reasonable certainty, the trial court properly concluded that the 2010 deed did not convey the property.”
Arlie Bingham v. John Doles (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “We first note that section 66-5-103 of the Tennessee Code recognizes the validity of quitclaim deeds as a proper form of conveyance.”
Sandra Lynn Hobbs v. Lisa Hobbs Nottingham (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “cannot have a partition line imposed upon them “post-contracting” as such a partition would create an “estate of property” that was not bargained for; At the current time a deed comporting with T.C.A. 66-5-103 cannot be created as to the contract .”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-103(2): 1 case
In re Lady Bug Corp., 500 B.R. 556 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-103(2). The quitclaim deed by which Ms.”
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