# Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-4-204: Bona fide sales unimpaired

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T66_C4_S66-4-204

## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-4-204
- **Heading:** Bona fide sales unimpaired
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 66 / Chapter 4 / Section 66-4-204

## Text

This part shall not prevent an absolute and bona fide sale or mortgage of lands or tenements not possessed and held adversely at the time of such sale or mortgage; nor a sale by execution; nor a sale and conveyance by a nonresident of this state, of lands which such nonresident may own, and of which lands no person, at the time of such sale, holds adverse possession by deed, devise, or inheritance. Code 1858, § 1779 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 66, § 1); Shan., § 3174; Code 1932, § 7826; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-409.
This part shall not prevent an absolute and bona fide sale or mortgage of lands or tenements not possessed and held adversely at the time of such sale or mortgage; nor a sale by execution; nor a sale and conveyance by a nonresident of this state, of lands which such nonresident may own, and of which lands no person, at the time of such sale, holds adverse possession by deed, devise, or inheritance.
Code 1858, § 1779 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 66, § 1); Shan., § 3174; Code 1932, § 7826; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-409.

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