How long does a lien stay on property in TN?

Answer 1

Until it is paid off. There is no statute of limitations on civil debts. The property CANNOT be sold until the lien is paid off to the lien holder.

Clarification

TENNESSEE- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON ENFORCEMENT:

Open Account (credit cards) 6 years

Written Contract: 6 years

Domestic Judgment: 10 years

Foreign Judgment: 10 years

25-5-105. Period of lien's continued validity - No revival of registration. -

(a) Once a judgment lien is created by registration as provided in § 25-5-101(b), it will last for the time remaining in a ten-year period from the date of final judgment entry in the court clerk's office.

(b) The provisions of this section apply to all judgment liens registered on or after May 17, 2000, but in no event shall any judgment lien which had expired on or before May 17, 2000, be deemed to be revived by such registration.

[Code 1858, § 2982 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 14, § 2; 1831, ch. 90, §§ 7, 8; 1833, ch. 92, § 6); Shan., § 4710; Code 1932, § 8045; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-506; Acts 1986, ch. 673, § 1; 2000, ch. 725, § 1; 2001, ch. 170, § 1.]

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