# Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-108: Collection of claims and judgments for wages

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-108
- **Heading:** Collection of claims and judgments for wages
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 50 / Chapter 2 / Section 50-2-108

## Text

(a) In addition to the powers and duties of the commissioner of labor and workforce development specified elsewhere in this code, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state or with the person, board, officer or commission authorized to act on behalf of the department or agency, for the collection in the other state of claims and judgments for wages based upon claims assigned to the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into by law or with any agency of another state as provided in this section, maintain actions in the courts of the other state for the collection of claims and judgments for wages, and may assign the claims and judgments to the labor department or agency of the other state for collection to the extent that the assignment may be permitted or provided for by the law of the state or by reciprocal agreement. (c) The commissioner may, upon the written consent of the labor department or other corresponding agency of any other state or of any person, board, officer or commission of the state authorized to act on behalf of the labor department or corresponding agency, maintain actions in the courts of this state upon assigned claims and judgments for wages arising in the other state in the same manner and to the same extent that such actions by the commissioner are authorized when arising in this state. However, the actions may be maintained only in cases where the other state by law or reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in this state. Acts 1992, ch. 670, § 1; 1999, ch. 520, § 41.
(a) In addition to the powers and duties of the commissioner of labor and workforce development specified elsewhere in this code, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state or with the person, board, officer or commission authorized to act on behalf of the department or agency, for the collection in the other state of claims and judgments for wages based upon claims assigned to the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into by law or with any agency of another state as provided in this section, maintain actions in the courts of the other state for the collection of claims and judgments for wages, and may assign the claims and judgments to the labor department or agency of the other state for collection to the extent that the assignment may be permitted or provided for by the law of the state or by reciprocal agreement.
(c) The commissioner may, upon the written consent of the labor department or other corresponding agency of any other state or of any person, board, officer or commission of the state authorized to act on behalf of the labor department or corresponding agency, maintain actions in the courts of this state upon assigned claims and judgments for wages arising in the other state in the same manner and to the same extent that such actions by the commissioner are authorized when arising in this state. However, the actions may be maintained only in cases where the other state by law or reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in this state.
Acts 1992, ch. 670, § 1; 1999, ch. 520, § 41.

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