7-64-209 - Interest Lien for unpaid taxes. [For contingent amendment, see the Compiler's Notes]. - Tennessee Statutes

7-64-209. Interest Lien for unpaid taxes. [For contingent amendment, see the Compiler's Notes].

In the event of a sale of the property, the deferred taxes shall not be submitted to penalty as provided for delinquent taxes, but shall be subject to interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, and the accrued taxes and interest at ten percent (10%) per annum shall remain a first lien on the property in favor of the local government involved until paid and without being subject to the statutes of limitations.

[Acts 1980, ch. 659, § 9; 1998, ch. 802, § 4.]