(a) No provision contained in this part in reference to any rule or order, or time for responding thereto, shall be held or construed to exclude any person, as by way of default, from making known that person’s right or claims in the property or in the fund arising therefrom within the time allowed.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-17-710

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
(b) Any such person claiming any interest or any rights therein may file appropriate pleadings or intervention at any time before verdict or award, and be fully heard thereon.
(c) If any person, after judgment of condemnation, shall desire to come in and be heard on any claim to the fund or to any interest therein, the person shall be allowed to do so within not exceeding thirty (30) days.
(d) After condemnation is had and the fund paid into the registry of the court, the petitioner shall not be concerned with or affected by any subsequent proceedings unless upon appeal from the verdict or award as allowed in § 29-17-706.
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