Tennessee Code 68-111-103 – Complaint
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-111-103
- Agent: means a person:
(A) Authorized to act for and on behalf of the landlord for the acceptance of service of process and for receipt of notices and demands or who becomes an agent pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 68-111-101 - Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Landlord: means lessor, one under whom another holds premises as a tenant or lessee. See Tennessee Code 68-111-101
- 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
- Tenant: means one who occupies as a residence the premises of another in subordination to that other person's title and with such other person's assent, express or implied, and whose rental payments do not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per week or the monetary equivalent, for any period of payment other than weekly. See Tennessee Code 68-111-101
- Third party complainant: means a health care provider or public employee who, in the regular performance of the health care provider's or public employee's duties, has been inside a premises occupied by a tenant. See Tennessee Code 68-111-101
Any tenant or third party complainant may file a complaint with the building inspector of the city or county in which the rented premises are located or with the county public health department in which the tenant’s rented premises are located, if the premises are, in the opinion of the tenant or complainant and the building inspector or the public health department, in violation of the minimum health standards and consequently unfit for human habitation. The building inspector or representative of the public health department shall inspect the building facility no later than fourteen (14) days after the filing of the complaint. The complaint shall be in writing, and a copy shall be forwarded by certified mail to the tenant’s landlord or the landlord’s agent. It shall be a condition of this section that no rent shall be paid to anyone except the landlord until the building inspector or a representative of the public health department agrees in writing with the tenant that the premises are unfit for habitation.