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TCA 40-11-206

State purchase of land sold to collect on forfeiture

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What does this charge mean?

When land is sold at a sheriff's auction to collect money from a forfeited bail bond, the State of Tennessee can buy that land. The state cannot pay more than the original bail bond amount for the land.

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In all cases where land or lands shall be sold at sheriff’s sale for the purpose of collecting the amount due on forfeited appearance bonds in criminal cases, the state shall be authorized to purchase any of the lands. The amount paid by the state for the purchase of the lands shall in no case be greater than the amount of the bond upon which forfeiture has been taken and upon which the forfeiture the execution was issued.
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TCA Section40-11-206