26-1-401 - When executions returnable. - Tennessee Statutes

26-1-401. When executions returnable.

(a)  All executions issuing from the supreme court, court of appeals, circuit, chancery, criminal and special courts shall be returnable within thirty (30) days after the date of their issuance.

(b)  All general sessions executions shall be returnable within thirty (30) days after the date of their issuance either to the court that issued them or to the court that has possession of the original judgment.

[Code 1858, §§ 3021-3024 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 6, § 10; ch. 17, § 4; Acts 1837-1838, ch. 190, § 2); Shan., §§ 4749-4752; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8883-8886; Acts 1955, ch. 270, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 26-12526-128; Acts 1985, ch. 131, § 4.]