(a) In order to make the lien against the property valid and binding, the officer, officer’s assistant, or other person entitled to assert the lien shall immediately upon serving the order provided in § 68-102-117, upon any party or parties, including any lienholders of record, file a copy of the order in the register’s office in the county in which the property is located and cause the copy of the order to be registered.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-102-125

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
(b) For the registration of the order, the register of any county shall receive a fee authorized for the recording of the documents, such fee to be added to the cost and expense of executing the order.
(c) The copy of the order shall be filed in the register’s office of the county in which the property is located, before or at any time the order is served upon the owner or occupant of the premises, and the order when so filed shall be notice to all parties.