Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-310
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Registration of freeholder's certificate
Official statutory text
The officer shall certify upon the certificate of the freeholders that the same is their act and deed, and the debtor shall have the same registered in the register's office of the county in which the lands lie, and, when so registered, it shall vest in the individual entitled to such homestead exemption, as herein provided, a good and valid title to the land exempt from execution. Acts 1870, ch. 80, § 5; Shan., § 3806; Code 1932, § 7727; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-311.
The officer shall certify upon the certificate of the freeholders that the same is their act and deed, and the debtor shall have the same registered in the register's office of the county in which the lands lie, and, when so registered, it shall vest in the individual entitled to such homestead exemption, as herein provided, a good and valid title to the land exempt from execution.
Acts 1870, ch. 80, § 5; Shan., § 3806; Code 1932, § 7727; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-311.
The officer shall certify upon the certificate of the freeholders that the same is their act and deed, and the debtor shall have the same registered in the register's office of the county in which the lands lie, and, when so registered, it shall vest in the individual entitled to such homestead exemption, as herein provided, a good and valid title to the land exempt from execution.
Acts 1870, ch. 80, § 5; Shan., § 3806; Code 1932, § 7727; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-311.
Status: in_force
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