Real estate sold for debt shall be redeemable at any time within two (2) years after such sale:
Code 1858, § 2124 (deriv. Acts 1820, ch. 11, § 2; 1823, ch. 24, § 2; 1832, ch. 36, §§ 1, 2; 1833, ch. 47, § 2; 1842 (E.S.), ch. 6, § 3; 1857-1858, ch. 46, § 1); Shan., § 3811; mod. Code 1932, § 7736; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 7736; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-801; Acts 1984, ch. 774, § 1; 1991, ch. 470, § 4.
Cross-References. Deed on redemption, §26-5-113.
Injunction against sale under trust deed or mortgage, title 29, ch. 23, part 2.
Judgment by motion, title 25, ch. 3.
Redemption of property sold to collect on forfeiture of recognizance, §40-11-215.
Right to redeem from sale to enforce vendor's lien, §66-10-105.
Sale on execution, title 26, ch. 5.
Suspension of foreclosure proceeding for active military personnel, §26-1-111.
Tax sales, title 67, ch. 5, part 25.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 277, 278, 476.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Adverse Possession, § 25; 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 48; 21 Tenn. Juris., Redemption of Real Estate Sold for Debt, §§ 2, 5-17, 25, 29; 24 Tenn. Juris., Trusts and Trustees, § 19.
Law Reviews.
Judicial Notice in Tennessee (Robert Banks, Jr. and Elizabeth T. Collins), 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 431 (1991).
Simple Real Estate Foreclosures Made Complex: The Byzantine Tennessee Process (John A. Walker, Jr.), 62 Tenn. L. Rev. 231 (1995).
Tennessee and the Installment Land Contract: A Viable Alternative to the Deed of Trust, 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 551 (1991).
Tennessee Homeowners' Post Foreclosure Auction Right to Cure Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 1322(b) and (c), 27 U. Mem. L. Rev. 453 (1997).
Waiver of Redemption Rights in Tennessee Mortgages: Discarding the Contracts Clause and Common-Law Concepts, 55 Tenn. L. Rev. 733 (1989).
Attorney General Opinions. Constitutionality of waiver provisions, OAG 84-122, 1984 Tenn. AG LEXIS 224 (4/11/84); OAG 84-267, 1984 Tenn. AG LEXIS 80 (9/21/84).