Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-11-209

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. 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

The district attorney general for the district in which the sale is to be made shall thereupon issue and deliver a certificate to the sheriff of the county conducting the sale, where the land or lands are situated. The certificate shall be in the following words and figures:

State of Tennessee, County of ____________________

______________ day of ______________ (year)

I, ______________, district attorney general for the ____________________ judicial district do hereby certify that I have purchased on the ____________________ day of ______________ (year) on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee at a sale under execution at the courthouse, in ______________ County, Tennessee from ______________ the sheriff of ______________ County, said execution having been issued to collect the sum of ______________ dollars, the amount of the forfeiture taken upon the appearance bond of ______________ indicted ______________ day of ______________ (year) by the grand jury of ______________ County, upon a charge of ______________ the following described real estate for the sum of $ ______________.

DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE

The above described real estate having been levied upon as the property of ______________, surety upon the appearance bond of the aforementioned defendant, viz.,

This land having been purchased and bid in by me on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 40-11-206 – 40-11-208, and acts amendatory thereto.

This certificate is issued by me and delivered to the sheriff of ______________ County aforesaid in lieu of the sum of $ ______________ bid by me.

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District Attorney General for the Judicial District