{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-20-304","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-304","heading":"Approval or denial of claim - Period for answering claim, action or suit","body":"(a) A governmental entity or employee shall have sixty (60) days in which to answer or otherwise respond to any claim, action, or suit brought pursuant to this chapter.\n(b) A claim shall be deemed to have been denied if at the end of the sixty-day period the governmental entity or its insurance carrier has failed to approve or deny the claim.","path":["TN Code","Title 29","Chapter 20"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"2af139030a7a9221e2e07066c1ce38e387107bfd896ba06fcc0196ee5d97c710","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-20-303","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-20-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}