GroundRules
← Search the law
Tennessee · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-17-102: Chapter definitions

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. TN Code
  2. Title 45
  3. Chapter 17

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Check" means any payment instrument, including any customer authorization for electronic payment; (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of financial institutions or the commissioner's designated representative; (3) "Deferred presentment services" means a transaction pursuant to a written agreement involving the following combination of activities in exchange for a fee: (A) Accepting a check dated on the date it was written; and (B) Holding the check for a period of time prior to presentment for payment or deposit; (4) "Department" means the department of financial institutions; (5) "Licensee" means a person licensed to provide deferred presentment services pursuant to this chapter; (6) "Payment instrument": (A) Means a check, draft, warrant, money order, traveler's check or other instrument for payment of money, whether or not negotiable, and also includes any authorization for electronic payment of money; and (B) Does not include an instrument that is redeemable by the issuer in merchandise or service, a credit card voucher, or a letter of credit; and (7) "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, corporation, or any other business unit or legal entity. Acts 1997 , ch. 255, § 3; 1999, ch. 14, §1; 2011 , ch. 205, §§ 1, 2.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Check" means any payment instrument, including any customer authorization for electronic payment;

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of financial institutions or the commissioner's designated representative;

(3) "Deferred presentment services" means a transaction pursuant to a written agreement involving the following combination of activities in exchange for a fee: (A) Accepting a check dated on the date it was written; and (B) Holding the check for a period of time prior to presentment for payment or deposit;

(A) Accepting a check dated on the date it was written; and

(B) Holding the check for a period of time prior to presentment for payment or deposit;

(4) "Department" means the department of financial institutions;

(5) "Licensee" means a person licensed to provide deferred presentment services pursuant to this chapter;

(6) "Payment instrument": (A) Means a check, draft, warrant, money order, traveler's check or other instrument for payment of money, whether or not negotiable, and also includes any authorization for electronic payment of money; and (B) Does not include an instrument that is redeemable by the issuer in merchandise or service, a credit card voucher, or a letter of credit; and

(A) Means a check, draft, warrant, money order, traveler's check or other instrument for payment of money, whether or not negotiable, and also includes any authorization for electronic payment of money; and

(B) Does not include an instrument that is redeemable by the issuer in merchandise or service, a credit card voucher, or a letter of credit; and

(7) "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, corporation, or any other business unit or legal entity.

Collected 2026-09-14T18:32:26Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection