{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-2202","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-2-2202","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part: (1) \"Assign\" or \"assignment\" means a financial institution's policy, process, or practice that labels, links, or otherwise associates a firearms code with a merchant or a payment card transaction in a manner that allows the financial institution or another entity facilitating or processing the payment card transaction to identify whether a merchant is a firearms retailer or whether a transaction involves the sale of firearms or ammunition; (2) \"Customer\" means an individual or entity engaged in a payment card transaction facilitated or processed by a financial institution; (3) \"Financial institution\" means an individual or entity other than a merchant involved in facilitating or processing a payment card transaction, including a bank, savings and loan association, state credit union, state trust company, acquirer, payment card issuer, payment card network, payment gateway, or payment card processor; (4) \"Firearm\": (A) Means a deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one (1) or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant; and (B) Includes a firearm component or accessory; (5) \"Firearms code\" means a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer; (6) \"Firearms retailer\" means an individual or entity that is lawfully engaged, from a physical place of business in this state, in selling or trading firearms, antique firearms, or ammunition to be used in firearms or antique firearms; (7) \"Government entity\" means this state, a political subdivision of this state, or any court, agency, or instrumentality of this state; (8) \"Payment card\" means a credit card, charge card, debit card, or another card that is issued to an authorized card user and allows the user to purchase goods or services from a merchant; and (9) \"Payment card transaction\" means a transaction in which a payment card is accepted as payment. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 773,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.\nAs used in this part:\n(1) \"Assign\" or \"assignment\" means a financial institution's policy, process, or practice that labels, links, or otherwise associates a firearms code with a merchant or a payment card transaction in a manner that allows the financial institution or another entity facilitating or processing the payment card transaction to identify whether a merchant is a firearms retailer or whether a transaction involves the sale of firearms or ammunition;\n(2) \"Customer\" means an individual or entity engaged in a payment card transaction facilitated or processed by a financial institution;\n(3) \"Financial institution\" means an individual or entity other than a merchant involved in facilitating or processing a payment card transaction, including a bank, savings and loan association, state credit union, state trust company, acquirer, payment card issuer, payment card network, payment gateway, or payment card processor;\n(4) \"Firearm\": (A) Means a deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one (1) or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant; and (B) Includes a firearm component or accessory;\n(A) Means a deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one (1) or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant; and\n(B) Includes a firearm component or accessory;\n(5) \"Firearms code\" means a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer;\n(6) \"Firearms retailer\" means an individual or entity that is lawfully engaged, from a physical place of business in this state, in selling or trading firearms, antique firearms, or ammunition to be used in firearms or antique firearms;\ny code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer;\n(6) \"Firearms retailer\" means an individual or entity that is lawfully engaged, from a physical place of business in this state, in selling or trading firearms, antique firearms, or ammunition to be used in firearms or antique firearms;\n(7) \"Government entity\" means this state, a political subdivision of this state, or any court, agency, or instrumentality of this state;\n(8) \"Payment card\" means a credit card, charge card, debit card, or another card that is issued to an authorized card user and allows the user to purchase goods or services from a merchant; and\n(9) \"Payment card transaction\" means a transaction in which a payment card is accepted as payment.","path":["TN Code","Title 45","Chapter 2"],"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":"4562833ed37064383d2c0d905e50d1b81f29eec9a41c51e49dc6bc0dbc441e28","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-2201","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-45-2-2203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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