Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1405: Collection by levy authorized

If any person liable to pay any tax neglects or refuses to pay the tax within ten (10) days after notice and demand, it shall be lawful for the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate to collect the tax, and any further sum as shall be sufficient to cover the expenses of the levy, by levy upon all property, and rights to property, belonging to the person or on which there is a lien provided by law for the payment of the tax.