66-12-114 - Duration of laborer's lien.

66-12-114. Duration of laborer's lien.

The lien provided for in § 66-12-113 shall exist three (3) months from November 15 of the year in which the labor is performed; provided, that an account of such labor rendered be sworn to before some court of general sessions, or clerk of the court issuing the writ of attachment.

[Acts 1879, ch. 15, § 2; Shan., § 3568; mod. Code 1932, § 8015; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1214.]