Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-304
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Insurance proceeds from homestead
Official statutory text
All moneys arising from insurance on a homestead which is destroyed by fire, or by other disaster, shall be exempt in an amount not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000). This insurance exemption shall not operate so as to exclude the interest of any mortgagee at the time of the insurance loss so long as the mortgagee's interest is evidenced by a written contract. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 301, s 3, eff. 1/1/2022. Code 1932, § 7734; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 4; T.C.A., § 26-305.
All moneys arising from insurance on a homestead which is destroyed by fire, or by other disaster, shall be exempt in an amount not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000). This insurance exemption shall not operate so as to exclude the interest of any mortgagee at the time of the insurance loss so long as the mortgagee's interest is evidenced by a written contract.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 301, s 3, eff. 1/1/2022.
Code 1932, § 7734; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 4; T.C.A., § 26-305.
All moneys arising from insurance on a homestead which is destroyed by fire, or by other disaster, shall be exempt in an amount not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000). This insurance exemption shall not operate so as to exclude the interest of any mortgagee at the time of the insurance loss so long as the mortgagee's interest is evidenced by a written contract.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 301, s 3, eff. 1/1/2022.
Code 1932, § 7734; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 4; T.C.A., § 26-305.
Status: in_force
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