Brentwood, TN asked in Real Estate Law and Foreclosure for Tennessee

Q: Online sources state a TN homeowner has 30 days after foreclosure to vacate the home before the eviction process.

"The new owner of the home has to legally evict the original homeowners or the tenants who stay in the home after the 90-day period expires for tenants, or the 30-day period for the homeowners."

Is this correct?

I am a senior who is having trouble finding a place to go and am getting desperate.

Suggestions/help please.

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A: Not at all unless your foreclosed Deed of Trust has such a term, which is almost never. New owner may have to file a Detainer Warrant against you, serve/post it, get a Judgment for Possession, then have a Writ executed by the Sheriff if you do not get out in 10 days from Judgment. Usually takes at least 30 days or more to obtain possession.

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