Tennessee Code Title 29. Remedies and Special Proceedings § 29-6-101

(1) Where the debtor or defendant resides out of the state;

(2) Where the debtor or defendant is about to remove, or has removed, the debtor's or defendant's person or property from the state;

(3) Where the debtor or defendant has removed, or is removing, the debtor's or defendant's person out of the county privately;

(4) Where the debtors or defendants concealed is so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon the debtor or defendant;

(5) Where the debtor or defendant absconds, or absconded concealing the debtor's or defendant's person or property;

(6) Where the debtor or defendant has fraudulently disposed of, or is about fraudulently to dispose of, the property;

(7) Where any person liable for any debt or demand, residing out of the state, dies, leaving property in the state; or

(8) Where the debtor or defendant is a foreign corporation which has no agent in this state upon whom process may be served by any person bringing suit against such corporation; provided, that the plaintiff or complainant need only make oath of the justness of the claim, that the debtor or defendant is a foreign corporation and that it has no agent in the county where the property sought to be attached is situated upon whom process can be served.