Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-1-206

  • Private property: means real property, or improvements to real property, not owned by the federal government or a state agency. See Tennessee Code 12-1-202
  • taking: means the taking of private property by government action such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by either:
    (A) The fifth or fourteenth Amendment to the . See Tennessee Code 12-1-202

An owner of private property shall commence any proceedings claiming a government action is an unconstitutional taking within the same limitation of actions period as provided in § 29-16-124 for actions commenced pursuant to § 29-16-123.