Title 29, Remedies and Special Proceedings

(a) If requested by the plaintiff and upon the plaintiff's posting bond in an amount to be determined by the court, but not to exceed the value of the property, the judge may concurrently issue an order restraining the defendant from damaging, concealing or removing such property…

(a) As an alternative to commencing an action to recover personal property as otherwise provided in this part, any party needing or desiring to expedite the proceeding may commence and expedite the action by proceeding as follows:(1) Application for a writ of possession may be ma…

(a) The writ of possession shall direct the proper officer to take the property out of the possession of the defendant and deliver the same to the plaintiff. (b) The writ of possession shall be executed by the proper officer by seizing the personal property and delivering the sam…

(a) In an action to recover personal property, in addition to the recovery of the property, the plaintiff may proceed to recover the balance due on the debt or the plaintiff may, in addition to recovering the personal property, obtain a judgment against the defendant for any debt…

In the event an appeal is perfected to the supreme court or to the court of appeals, or to the circuit court from such judgment, the appellant shall execute an appeal bond as is otherwise provided for by law.

The court may, in proper cases, give exemplary damages, including reasonable attorneys fees, in favor of the defendant for the plaintiff's wrongful suing out of this possessory action or in the event that the plaintiff fails to prosecute the action after it has been instituted.

Counterpart of the writ of possession may issue, upon suggestion of the plaintiff, to any other county, to be executed upon the goods, or chattels, or served upon defendants found in such county. The court has power to order the issuance of alias and pluries process and writs of …

Where the action is to recover specific personal property, if the party seeks to recover the possession only at the end of the suit, the party may bring detinue.

The action may be brought in any county in which the goods and chattels, or any part of them, are, or in which either of the defendants may be found.

If the officer's return is that the officer has summoned the defendant, but could not get possession of the goods and chattels sued for, the plaintiff may elect to proceed in case or detinue, and then the cause shall be conducted as if the leading process had been in one of those…

Should the defendant, or any defendant, be a nonresident of the state, the officer shall return the fact and the court shall order publication to be made for four (4) successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the suit is pending, or in the nearest county…

The clerk shall not be exempt, by reason of such orders made by the court, from liability for any damages proceeding from failure to take good and sufficient security.

If there be no personal service, the court shall impanel a jury and try the cause as though the defendant had filed a plea.

On the issue being found for the plaintiff, or in case of default, upon writ of inquiry, the jury shall ascertain the plaintiff's damages for the seizure and detention, and judgment shall be rendered therefor with costs.

If the issue is found for the defendant, or the plaintiff dismisses or fails to prosecute the suit, the judgment shall be that the goods be returned to the defendant, or, on failure, that the defendant recover their value, with interest thereon and damages for the detention, the …

Where judgment has been rendered in the alternative, under § 29-30-208, if the goods are not returned to the defendant, and the writ of fieri facias is returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, the defendant may have an accordant final judgment over, by motion, without notice ag…

(a) The jury may, in proper cases, give exemplary damages in favor of either party. (b) In all cases where the plaintiff fails to prosecute the suit with effect, the jury may make such valuation as will be likely to effect a return of the property to the defendant, if the charact…

The method of obtaining the writ shall be the same as when the suit is prosecuted in court, and the following shall in substance be the form of the writ: State of Tennessee,To the sheriff or any constable of Countysuch county:I command you to summon to appear before me, or some o…

Any constable may execute this writ, and, in exercising this power, shall be governed by the laws regulating sheriffs in the execution of a writ issued by a court.

If the general sessions judge finds the issue in favor of the defendant, or the plaintiff dismisses or fails to prosecute the suit, the judge shall render judgment against the plaintiff and the plantiff's sureties on the replevin bond that the property replevied be returned to th…

(a) The general sessions judge may, in a proper case, give exemplary damages in favor of either party. (b) In all cases where the plaintiff fails to prosecute the suit with effect, the general sessions judge may make such valuation as will be likely to effect the return of the pr…

(1) The following fees shall be allowed in such suit:(1) For issuing the writ $1.00;(2) For rendering the judgment $0.75;(3) To the constable, for executing the writ $3.00. (1) For issuing the writ $1.00; (2) For rendering the judgment $0.75; (3) To the constable, for executing t…

Either party may appeal from the general sessions court's judgment to the circuit court, within the ten (10) days allowed by § 27-5-108, on giving bond in double the value of the property replevied, payable to the opposite party, conditioned to prosecute the appeal with effect, a…