{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-333","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-333","heading":"Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.","body":"(a) “Possessory lien”. In this section, “possessory lien” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:\n(1) which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person's business;\n(2) which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and\n(3) whose effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods.\n(b) Priority of possessory lien. A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise.","path":["Title 47 Commercial Instruments And Transactions","Chapter 9 Secured Transactions","Part 3 Perfection and Priority","3. Priority"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.47.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17; absent from the newer snapshot, which serves other sections of this chapter, so it may since have been repealed or amended","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:55:59Z","sha256":"4accbd8f0c19d85e88645e64b914d80dff0441235cfc580e305874216ff2685f","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-332","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}