66-28-521 - Termination of utility services. - Tennessee Statutes

66-28-521. Termination of utility services.

If a written rental agreement requires the tenant to have utility services placed in the tenant's name and the tenant fails to do so within ten (10) days of occupancy of the rented premises, the landlord may have such utility services terminated if the existing utility service is in the name of the landlord. The provisions of this section shall not apply unless the landlord has exercised the right to terminate utility services within forty-five (45) days of occupancy by the tenant.

[Acts 2003, ch. 318, § 1.]