{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-6-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-6-101","heading":"Grounds for attachment","body":"Any person having a debt or demand due at the commencement of an action, or a plaintiff after action for any cause has been brought, and either before or after judgment, may sue out an attachment at law or in equity, against the property of a debtor or defendant, in the following cases:\n(1) Where the debtor or defendant resides out of the state;\n(2) Where the debtor or defendant is about to remove, or has removed, the debtor's or defendant's person or property from the state;\n(3) Where the debtor or defendant has removed, or is removing, the debtor's or defendant's person out of the county privately;\n(4) Where the debtors or defendants concealed is so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon the debtor or defendant;\n(5) Where the debtor or defendant absconds, or absconded concealing the debtor's or defendant's person or property;\n(6) Where the debtor or defendant has fraudulently disposed of, or is about fraudulently to dispose of, the property;\n(7) Where any person liable for any debt or demand, residing out of the state, dies, leaving property in the state; or\n(8) Where the debtor or defendant is a foreign corporation which has no agent in this state upon whom process may be served by any person bringing suit against such corporation; provided, that the plaintiff or complainant need only make oath of the justness of the claim, that the debtor or defendant is a foreign corporation and that it has no agent in the county where the property sought to be attached is situated upon whom process can be served.","path":["TN Code","Title 29","Chapter 6"],"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":"70384fedf3d8f0e5767e63c93dcee28be81126de61ab769664cac4211cb534b8","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-5-331","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-6-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}