# Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-110: Notice when name of owner unknown

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-110
- **Heading:** Notice when name of owner unknown
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-110

## Text

If the name of the person transporting, receiving or possessing intoxicating liquors which have been seized in accordance with this part be unknown to the sheriff or other officer seizing the same, then, in that event, the sheriff or other officer taking possession of the same shall so certify in the statement required to be filed by § 57-9-104 , and the clerk of such circuit or criminal court shall give notice to whom it may concern by notice posted at the courthouse door of the county within which such liquors were seized, setting forth in substance that such liquors have been seized in accordance with this part, and notifying all persons claiming same to do so within thirty (30) days from the date of the posting of such notice, and that if they fail to do so, they will forfeit all right in and to the same and that condemnation and forfeiture thereof will be in the nature of proceedings in rem. Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 6; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b6; Code 1932, § 11229; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-611.
If the name of the person transporting, receiving or possessing intoxicating liquors which have been seized in accordance with this part be unknown to the sheriff or other officer seizing the same, then, in that event, the sheriff or other officer taking possession of the same shall so certify in the statement required to be filed by § 57-9-104 , and the clerk of such circuit or criminal court shall give notice to whom it may concern by notice posted at the courthouse door of the county within which such liquors were seized, setting forth in substance that such liquors have been seized in accordance with this part, and notifying all persons claiming same to do so within thirty (30) days from the date of the posting of such notice, and that if they fail to do so, they will forfeit all right in and to the same and that condemnation and forfeiture thereof will be in the nature of proceedings in rem.
Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 6; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b6; Code 1932, § 11229; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-611.

## Nearby sections

- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-101 Destruction of liquor and paraphernalia](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-101.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-102 Arrest of persons implicated in manufacture](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-102.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-103 Officers to take into possession intoxicating liquors held or transported illegally](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-103.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-104 Officers to file written statement about intoxicants taken](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-104.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-105 Court having jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-105.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-106 Delivery of seized liquor to sheriff](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-106.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-107 Sheriff to keep intoxicants until otherwise ordered by court](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-107.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-108 Sheriff's statement of intoxicants held](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-108.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-109 Notice to owners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-109.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-110 Notice when name of owner unknown](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-110.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-111 Claimants of liquor - Petition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-111.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-112 Answer to petition claiming ownership](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-112.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-113 Petition claiming ownership tried in summary manner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-113.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-114 Determination of claims to liquor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-114.md)

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