Title 47, Commercial Instruments And Transactions

Any violation of this part is a prohibited practice under § 47-18-104.

(a) Any motor vehicle dealer not currently licensed as a motor vehicle dealer by the state of Tennessee, or any advertising cooperative composed of such unlicensed motor vehicle dealers, shall comply with all advertising requirements of title 55, chapter 17, including any regulat…

For the purpose of application of this part, any violation of part 2 of this chapter shall be construed to constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of any trade or commerce and subject to the penalties and remedies as provided by this part.

(a) Any person who purchases, subscribes to or receives products, services or membership in any organization by negotiating an unsolicited negotiable instrument shall have thirty (30) days from the date of the first statement or bill for such services, products, membership or sub…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Prize” means a gift, award, incentive promotion, or other item or service of value. “Prize” includes, but is not limited to, anything of value that is offered or awarded to a participant in a real or purporte…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Elderly person” means any person who is sixty (60) years of age or older; and(2) “Specially targeted consumers” means elderly persons, persons under eighteen (18) years of age, and current and former military…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person that accepts credit cards or debit cards for the transaction of business shall print or cause to be printed more than five (5) digits of the card number or the expiration date upon either the receipt retained by the me…

(a) Subject to subsection (d), no person or entity shall sell a gift certificate to a purchaser containing an expiration date that is less than two (2) years after the date the gift certificate is issued or shall charge a fee for the issuance of a gift certificate. (b) No person …

(a) Any person providing goods or services who initiates a preauthorized debit card transaction that is more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual transaction amount, or fifty dollars ($50.00), whichever is greater, shall disclose at the time and point of sale that a hold …

(a) No supplier of novelty cigarette lighters in this state, including a manufacturer, distributor, importer, retailer or anyone giving away lighters as prizes or promotions, shall sell or give away an operable novelty lighter. This prohibition does not apply to the transportatio…

(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Travel promoter” means a person who:(A) Maintains one (1) or more business entities or physical business locations in this state; and(B) Sells, provides, furnishes, contracts for, or arranges travel services on behalf of another person for a …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Kerosene and Motor Fuels Quality Inspection Act of 1989.”

(1) It is the intent of the general assembly, through this enactment, to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare by ensuring that kerosene and motor fuels:(1) Are adequately labeled and posted; and(2) Meet or exceed certain minimum standards of quality. (1) Are …

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)” means the national scientific and technical organization formed for the development of standards on characteristics and performance of materials, products, syst…

(a) Kerosene and motor fuels conveyed for consumption in Tennessee shall be labeled and posted in accordance with applicable federal and state law. (b) Kerosene and motor fuels conveyed for consumption in Tennessee shall meet the standards established for such products in the ann…

(a) (1) The commissioner shall implement and administer an inspection and testing program to enforce compliance with § 47-18-1304. The commissioner is authorized to contract for the performance of all, or any portion of, required on-site inspections, sample collection, sample tra…

(a) Upon request of a field inspector, a person who conveys kerosene or motor fuel for consumption in Tennessee shall immediately provide the department, free of cost, samples of kerosene or motor fuel. Samples shall be pumped, pulled, drawn, or otherwise procured in the presence…

(a) (1) If a person or the person's agent or employee conveys, or offers to convey, kerosene or motor fuel in violation of § 47-18-1304, then the person shall be subject to an administrative fine, to issuance of a stop-sale order, or to both, in the discretion of the commissioner…

(a) Each official and employee within the department, and each official and employee of a person contracting with the department, who is directly or indirectly involved in the administration or enforcement of this part, and who has a direct or indirect interest in the conveyance …

(a) In accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, the department shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary to effectively and efficiently administer and enforce this part. (b) Such rules shall include, but shall not necessaril…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Government Impostor and Deceptive Advertisements Act.” (b) For purposes of this section:(1) “Advertisement” means any written, oral, graphic, or electronic statement, solicitation, marketing, illustration, label, or other d…

(1) Each year, on or before September 15, the commissioner shall distribute to the governor and to the chairs of the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate a report entitled, “Annual Report on the Quality…

Implementation and administration of this part shall be subject to an annual appropriation for such purpose as contained within the general appropriations act. The commissioner of finance and administration shall transfer from highway user tax revenues allocated to the highway fu…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Healthcare facility” means a hospital licensed under title 33 or 68;(2) “Healthcare provider” or “provider” means a physician or other healthcare practitioner licensed or certified under title 63 to perform specialty healthcare services consistent…

(a) A business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer to a consumer in this state shall:(1) Present the automatic renewal offer terms or continuous service offer terms in a clear and conspicuous manner before the subscription or purchasing agreement is …

(a) If an offeror makes an unsolicited offer to purchase real property by sending a written agreement or contract for purchase through the mail to an offeree and the offeror does not use the assistance of a broker, as defined in § 62-13-102, who is licensed in this state to make …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Financing company”:(A) Means an entity that provides loans, loan extensions, or lines of credit to finance the purchase of a good or service; and(B) Does not include a financial institution subject to 12 C.F.R. Part 1005; and(2) “Statement” means …

(a) On or after July 1, 2025, a drug manufacturer or their agent or affiliate, shall not, either directly or indirectly:(1) Impose additional requirements or limitations on a 340B entity, including requiring the submission of any health information, claims or utilization data, pu…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Counterfeit lighter” means a lighter that infringes on an intellectual property right of a citizen of the United States or a person who is protected by federal or state intellectual property law;(2) “Lighter” means any electrical or mechanical dev…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Billing cycle” means the defined period of time between billing statements or invoices on which a consumer's payment amount for services is based under an agreement or contract for covered services;(2) “Covered services” means telephone, cable tel…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Blacklist” means to:(A) Reduce the visibility or accessibility of a small business's website on an online search engine;(B) Remove a small business's website or the search result for the small business's website from an online search engine; or(C)…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Ancillary hotel services” or “services” means supplementary, non-room products and offerings by a hotel, including parking, breakfast or other food or dining services, spa treatments, and early check-ins or late check-outs;(2) “Hotel”:(A) Means an…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Consumer Protection Warranty Extension Act.”

(1) Any written warranty or service contract purchased in this state on or after July 1, 1989, and in effect when there is a failure of the product under such written warranty or service contract shall be extended as follows:(1) The number of days the consumer is deprived of the …

For the purposes of this part, working days shall not include Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays pursuant to § 15-1-101.

This part shall not apply to a written warranty or a service contract for a new or used motor vehicle.

(a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) shall conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. The study must include:(1) An analysis of existing fede…

(a) This part shall be known as the “Consumer Telemarketing Protection Act of 1990.” (b) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “ADAD equipment” means any device or system of devices which is used, whether alone or in conjunction with other equipment, for…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to use, to employ or direct another person to use, or to contract for the use of ADAD equipment for the purpose of advertising or offering for sale, lease, rental or as a gift any goods, services or property, either real or personal, primarily fo…

(a) Prior to the utilization of ADAD equipment to call telephone numbers located in this state, any company or individual utilizing this equipment shall register the following with the commission to receive a permit as provided in this part:(1) Name, address and telephone number …

(a) It is unlawful for any person to connect any ADAD equipment to any telephone line in this state for the purpose of making telephone calls to persons in this state through the use of ADAD equipment unless a permit has been issued for such ADAD equipment by the commission. (b) …

It is unlawful for any person making use of a telephone access line to use, to employ or direct another person to use, or to contract for the use of ADAD equipment or the United States mail for the purpose of soliciting any person to call such telephone access line.

No telephone company or cooperative shall provide access to a telephone access line to any person who solicits calls to such number through the use of ADAD equipment or through the use of the United States mail. A telephone company or cooperative shall, upon the order of the comm…

(1) Nothing in this part shall prohibit the use of ADAD equipment to make calls with recorded messages when such calls:(1) Are made in response to calls initiated by the person to whom the automatic call or recorded message is directed;(2) Concern goods or services that have been…

Any person who violates any provision of §§ 47-18-1502 — 47-18-1504 commits a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) The district attorney general of the county in which or from which automated calls in violation of this part are made may seek injunctive relief to enforce this part and recover such statutory damages and attorney's fees as are set out in § 47-18-1510. (b) Any individual or g…