(a) Publication in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed and proceedings are pending, for two (2) consecutive weeks, of the time and place set for the hearing of the petition to establish the district, shall be sufficient notice to the persons concerned as owners, lienholders, encumbrancers, mortgagees, occupants, or in any other way, whether residents of the state, or nonresidents of the state, the last publication to be at least ten (10) days before the date set for the hearing.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-12-154
Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)(1) The notice by publication shall have the same force and effect upon those concerned as mentioned in subsection (a), who are not petitioners, and who are residents of the state, as well as nonresidents, for all purposes of the proceedings, as process would have duly issued from the court and served personally upon them by an officer.(2) The publication notice need not give the names of the persons notified to appear, but need give only a brief statement of the purpose of the hearing, a reference to the petition on file for further information, as to the purpose of the proceeding, before what court the petition is to be heard, and the time and place of hearing; provided, that if the proposed district is to embrace lands in more than one (1) county, if established, the publication shall be made in one (1) newspaper published in each of the counties.
