Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-106 (2026)
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No deed of conveyance for lands, in whatever manner or form drawn, shall be good and available in law, as to strangers, unless it is acknowledged by the vendor, or proved by two (2) witnesses upon oath, in the manner prescribed in chapters 22 and 23 of this title, and registered by the register of the county where the land lies. All deeds so executed shall be valid and pass estates in land, or right to other estates, without livery of seisin, attornment, or other ceremony in the law whatever.
Code 1858, § 2005 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 38, § 5); Shan., § 3671; Code 1932, § 7596; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-504.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1982–2020 · leading case: David Leonard Assocs., P.C. v. Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc. (In Re Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc.), 29 B.R. 501 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983).
David Leonard Assocs., P.C. v. Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc. (In Re Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc.), 29 B.R. 501 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “7 II Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-106 (1982) enacts in material part: No deed of conveyance for lands, in what manner or form soever drawn shall be good and available in law, as to strangers, unless the same be acknowledged by the vendor, or proved by two (2) witnesses upon oath, in…”
Pigott v. Cline (In Re Cline), 48 B.R. 581 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1985). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-106 and § 66-26-103 (1982).”
Shults v. Univ. of Oklahoma Found. (In Re Brown Iron & Metal, Inc.), 28 B.R. 426 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “§ 547 (e) (1979) and Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-106 (1982) for the purpose of determining when the transfer was made, the trustee contends the deed was not effective until it was filed for registration.”
REM Enter., Ltd. v. Frye, 937 S.W.2d 920 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “§ 61-1-109, which allows “any partner to convey title to such property by a conveyance executed in the partnership name.” While this statute gives the partners the authority to make such a transaction, it does not address the process necessary to effect a valid conveyance.”
Hodge v. DMNS Co., 652 S.W.2d 762 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). “Did the chancellor err in allowing the acceleration of a due-on-sale clause although there had not been a deed executed transferring any interest in the real estate? The appellants argue that since the only means by which real property can be conveyed in Tennessee is by deed,…”
In Re Hutchens, 69 B.R. 402 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1987). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-106 (1982) enacts in material part: No deed of conveyance for lands, in what manner or form soever drawn shall be good and available in law, as to strangers, unless the same be acknowledged by the vendor, or proved by two (2) witnesses upon oath, in the…”
Steinberg v. Morton (In re Buchanan), 35 B.R. 849 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “Citing Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-5-106 (1982) 1 and § 66-26-103 (1982), 2 the trustees insist they may avoid the debtors’ unrecorded deed to defendant David F.”
In Re Est. of Gladys Yarboro Lloyd (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). “§ 66-5-106 . In open Court on March 21, 2017, Ms.”
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