Tennessee Code Title 40. Criminal Procedure § 40-11-209

The district attorney general for the district in which the sale is to be made shall thereupon issue and deliver a certificate to the sheriff of the county conducting the sale, where the land or lands are situated. The certificate shall be in the following words and figures:

State of Tennessee,

County of __________

__________ day of __________ (year)

I, __________, district attorney general for the __________ judicial district do hereby certify that I have purchased on the __________ day of __________ (year) on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee at a sale under execution at the courthouse, in __________ County, Tennessee from __________ the sheriff of __________ County, said execution having been issued to collect the sum of __________ dollars, the amount of the forfeiture taken upon the appearance bond of __________ indicted __________ day of __________ (year) by the grand jury of __________ County, upon a charge of __________ the following described real estate for the sum of $__________.

The above described real estate having been levied upon as the property of __________, surety upon the appearance bond of the aforementioned defendant, viz.,

This land having been purchased and bid in by me on behalf of and in the name of the State of Tennessee, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 40-11-206 --40-11-208, and acts amendatory thereto.

This certificate is issued by me and delivered to the sheriff of __________ County aforesaid in lieu of the sum of $__________ bid by me.