Tennessee Code 66-23-119 – Annexed papers when proof made in foreign court
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-23-119
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
If the instrument is proved by procuring the testimony of the witnesses to be entered of record in a court of record in one (1) of the United States or of a foreign country, there shall be endorsed upon or annexed to the deed a copy of the probate from the record, certified by the clerk or keeper of the records, under that officer’s official seal, if there is one, or if not, under that officer’s private seal, and the official character of the clerk or keeper of the records shall be certified by the presiding judge of the court.