31-6-111 - Intervention. - Tennessee Statutes

31-6-111. Intervention.

(a)  Any person, except another state, who claims an interest in any property that is the subject of an escheat proceeding under this chapter may intervene by filing a petition in that proceeding, setting forth the basis of the person's claim, which petitions shall be disposed of by the court in determining whether the property has escheated pursuant to this chapter.

(b)  If any other state claims an interest in any property that is the subject of an escheat proceeding under this chapter, the other state may file an intervening petition in the suit for the determination of its claim, if the other state provides for the determination of claims by this state under similar circumstances.

[Acts 1979, ch. 226, § 11; T.C.A., § 31-811.]