Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-908

  • Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Tennessee Code 36-5-2101
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The commissioner or the commissioner’s agent shall have charge of all real estate or personal property that is or shall become the property of the department by seizure or judgment under any provision of this or any other title, or that has been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed by purchase or otherwise to the department in payment of child support obligations, debts or penalties arising thereunder, or that has been or shall be vested in the department by mortgage or other security for the payment of such obligations, or that has been redeemed by the department, and of all trusts created for the use of the department in payment of such debts due the department.