Tennessee Amends Condominium Lien Law to Clarify Lack of Superpriority Right

/ Owner - April 25, 2016

On April 19, 2016, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed HB 2401, amending Tennessee’s condominium statue to make it clear that condominium associations cannot acquire a “superpriority” lien that trumps a first security interest on the same property. As a result of the amendment, it is now clear that under Tennessee law a condominium only has a “payment priority” interest – that is, the right to receive six months’ worth of delinquent common expense assessments owed by a unit’s owner when the mortgagee forecloses on the property.   Read the article…….

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