{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-625","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-625","heading":"Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with chapter","body":"(a) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (b) Damages for noncompliance. Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (f), a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this chapter. Loss caused by a failure to comply may include loss resulting from the debtor's inability to obtain, or increased costs of, alternative financing. (c) Persons entitled to recover damages; statutory damages in consumer-goods transaction. Except as otherwise provided in § 47-9-628 : (1) a person that, at the time of the failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover damages under subsection (b) for its loss; and (2) if the collateral is consumer goods, a person that was a debtor or a secondary obligor at the time a secured party failed to comply with this part may recover for that failure in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the obligation or the time-price differential plus ten percent (10%) of the cash price. (d) Recovery when deficiency eliminated or reduced. A debtor whose deficiency is eliminated under § 47-9-626 may recover damages for the loss of any surplus. However, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency is eliminated or reduced under § 47-9-626 may not otherwise recover under subsection (b) for noncompliance with this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance. (e) Statutory damages: noncompliance with specified provisions. In addition to any damages recoverable under subsection (b), the debtor, consumer obligor, or person named as a debtor in a filed record, as applicable, may recover five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from a person that: (1) fails to comply with § 47-9-208 ; (2) fails to comply with § 47-9-209 ; (3) files a record that the person is not entitled to file under § 47-9-509(a) and fails to file a termination statement within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand; (4) fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination statement; (A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or (B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c); (5) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(1) and whose failure is part of a pattern, or consistent with a practice, of noncompliance; or (6) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(2) . (f) Statutory damages: noncompliance with § 47-9-210 . A debtor or consumer obligor may recover damages under subsection (b) and, in addition, five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from a person that, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a request under § 47-9-210 . A recipient of a request under § 47-9-210 which never claimed an interest in the collateral or obligations that are the subject of a request under that section has a reasonable excuse for failure to comply with the request within the meaning of this subsection (f). (g) Limitation of security interest: noncompliance with § 47-9-210 . If a secured party fails to comply with a request regarding a list of collateral or a statement of account under § 47-9-210 , the secured party may claim a security interest only as shown in the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is reasonably misled by the failure. Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1.\n(a) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions.\nhown in the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is reasonably misled by the failure. Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1.\n(a) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions.\n(b) Damages for noncompliance. Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (f), a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this chapter. Loss caused by a failure to comply may include loss resulting from the debtor's inability to obtain, or increased costs of, alternative financing.\n(c) Persons entitled to recover damages; statutory damages in consumer-goods transaction. Except as otherwise provided in § 47-9-628 : (1) a person that, at the time of the failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover damages under subsection (b) for its loss; and (2) if the collateral is consumer goods, a person that was a debtor or a secondary obligor at the time a secured party failed to comply with this part may recover for that failure in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the obligation or the time-price differential plus ten percent (10%) of the cash price.\n(1) a person that, at the time of the failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover damages under subsection (b) for its loss; and\n(2) if the collateral is consumer goods, a person that was a debtor or a secondary obligor at the time a secured party failed to comply with this part may recover for that failure in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the obligation or the time-price differential plus ten percent (10%) of the cash price.\n(d) Recovery when deficiency eliminated or reduced. A debtor whose deficiency is eliminated under § 47-9-626 may recover damages for the loss of any surplus. However, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency is eliminated or reduced under § 47-9-626 may not otherwise recover under subsection (b) for noncompliance with this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.\n(e) Statutory damages: noncompliance with specified provisions. In addition to any damages recoverable under subsection (b), the debtor, consumer obligor, or person named as a debtor in a filed record, as applicable, may recover five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from a person that: (1) fails to comply with § 47-9-208 ; (2) fails to comply with § 47-9-209 ; (3) files a record that the person is not entitled to file under § 47-9-509(a) and fails to file a termination statement within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand; (4) fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination statement; (A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or (B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c); (5) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(1) and whose failure is part of a pattern, or consistent with a practice, of noncompliance; or (6) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(2) .\n(1) fails to comply with § 47-9-208 ;\n(2) fails to comply with § 47-9-209 ;\n(3) files a record that the person is not entitled to file under § 47-9-509(a) and fails to file a termination statement within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand;\n(4) fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination statement; (A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or (B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c);\n(A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or\n(B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c);\n0) days after receiving an authenticated demand;\n(4) fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination statement; (A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or (B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c);\n(A) as required by § 47-9-513(a) within ten (10) days after receiving an authenticated demand or\n(B) as required by § 47-9-513 (c);\n(5) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(1) and whose failure is part of a pattern, or consistent with a practice, of noncompliance; or\n(6) fails to comply with § 47-9-616(b)(2) .\n(f) Statutory damages: noncompliance with § 47-9-210 . A debtor or consumer obligor may recover damages under subsection (b) and, in addition, five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from a person that, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a request under § 47-9-210 . A recipient of a request under § 47-9-210 which never claimed an interest in the collateral or obligations that are the subject of a request under that section has a reasonable excuse for failure to comply with the request within the meaning of this subsection (f).\n(g) Limitation of security interest: noncompliance with § 47-9-210 . If a secured party fails to comply with a request regarding a list of collateral or a statement of account under § 47-9-210 , the secured party may claim a security interest only as shown in the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is reasonably misled by the failure.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 9"],"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":"6a8a8d4a173b2ca5e45c7dce25d420b5bd13357b6cfdfdf9bdcbe3527b11257c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-624","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-9-626"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}