{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-17-102","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-17-102","heading":"Chapter definitions","body":"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.\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Check\" means any payment instrument, including any customer authorization for electronic payment;\n(2) \"Commissioner\" means the commissioner of financial institutions or the commissioner's designated representative;\n(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;\n(A) Accepting a check dated on the date it was written; and\n(B) Holding the check for a period of time prior to presentment for payment or deposit;\n(4) \"Department\" means the department of financial institutions;\n(5) \"Licensee\" means a person licensed to provide deferred presentment services pursuant to this chapter;\n(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\n(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\n(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\n(7) \"Person\" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, corporation, or any other business unit or legal entity.","path":["TN Code","Title 45","Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"25b0c1bd0eb75284690ba37c5cc262de94a57819c35ef092ba80ba7aab0eeadf","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-17-101","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-17-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}