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Property in Transit

Tangible personal property which is moving in interstate commerce through or over the territory of the state of Tennessee or was consigned to a warehouse within the state of Tennessee from outside the state of Tennessee, for storage, in transit, to a final destination outside the state of Tennessee, is deemed not to have acquired a situs in the state of Tennessee for purposes of ad valorem taxation. Tangible personal property transported to a plant, warehouse or establishment within the state of Tennessee, from outside the state of Tennessee, for storage or repackaging, and held for eventual sale or other disposition, other than at retail, to a destination outside this state, is deemed not to have acquired a situs within the state of Tennessee for purposes of ad valorem taxation.1


     1T.C.A. § 67-5-217.