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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-4-102

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The personal representative cannot be required to execute a conveyance under § 66-4-101, unless the written agreement or contract, duly registered, or a certified copy of the agreement or contract from the register’s books, is produced and delivered to the representative.