{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-5-718","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-5-718","heading":"Location of lateral drains - Determination by board and fixing of damages","body":"(a) If a controversy arises among any of the landowners, as to the location or character of any lateral drain or ditch between or across the lands of such owners, any one (1) or more of such landowners may, by petition, make application to the board to locate the ditch or drain and determine its character. Such petition shall set out with reasonable certainty the matters in controversy; and upon the petition being filed, it shall be the duty of the board of directors to fix a day for going upon the premises to determine the same. Five (5) days' notice of the time and place shall be given to the other parties interested who are not petitioners. On the day fixed, it shall be the duty of the board of directors to go upon the premises and examine the premises; and if in their judgment, a ditch, drain, or lateral should be made, in order to give the landowners the proper means in draining their low and wet lands and reaching the main improvements, they will locate the place for the lateral, drain, or ditch, determine the character of the same, and fix the amount of damages, if any, to be paid, and direct the petitioner or petitioners to proceed and make the ditch, drain, or lateral.\n(b) The board of directors shall set out in writing the action taken, and spread it upon the minutes of the board of directors, and file the original paper with the other papers of the board.","path":["TN Code","Title 69","Chapter 5"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:51:56Z","sha256":"8cd5689e3846a5c1b4b9fca32b463d3861338dfbd301f45a5a8c6ddbb97da38c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-5-717","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-5-719","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-tn","title":"Tennessee Release 76 supplement","text":"Tennessee electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 76 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.tn.tca"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}