Tennessee procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Tennessee complaint: 30 days, and five days' notice before any defaultTennessee gives 30 days to answer a complaint, and Rule 55.01 requires five days' written notice of a default application to every defendant — whether or not they ever appeared.
• Tennessee discovery deadlines: 30 days, 45 if you are the defendantTennessee gives 30 days to answer interrogatories, respond to document requests, and answer requests for admission — with 45 days for a defendant counted from service of the summons and complaint.
• The Tennessee motion to dismiss: four defenses you cannot rescue by amendingTennessee Rule 12.02 lists eight defenses, and Rule 12.08 says four of them cannot be raised by amendment — a harder waiver rule than the federal one.
• Setting aside a Tennessee default judgment: five days' notice, and only five groundsTennessee Rule 55.01 requires five days' written notice before a default judgment even if you never appeared — and Rule 60.02 offers five grounds, not six.
• Tennessee summary judgment: thirty days out, five days back, and three ways to answer each factTennessee Rule 56.03 requires a numbered statement of facts and lets the opponent agree a fact is undisputed for purposes of the motion only — a middle option most states lack.
• The Tennessee motion to compel: no certification required, but fees run both waysTennessee Rule 37 imposes no conference certification requirement, but makes an expense award mandatory whether the motion is granted or denied.
• Tennessee garnishment: the bank balance on the night of service, and ten years to collectTennessee Rule 69.05 catches a bank balance as it stood the night of service, gives the garnishee ten days to answer, and makes a silent garnishee liable for the whole judgment.

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