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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 178
SENATE BILL NO. 980
By Southerland
Substituted for: House Bill No. 480
By Gary Hicks
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1, relative to
surveyors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
The description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property
not previously described in a recorded instrument must be prepared by a land surveyor, as
defined in§ 62-18-102, who is registered pursuant to§ 62-18-101. This section does not apply
to any deed of conveyance prepared by or for a governmental department or agency.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 980
PASSED: March 31, 2025
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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