{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-3101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-3101","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part: (1) \"Authorized dealer\" means an individual, corporation, or limited liability company authorized by a manufacturer or distributor to sell, barter, or exchange a particular make of new farm machinery; (2) \"Clear title\" means legal ownership free from a perfected security interest or other perfected lien; (3) \"Comparable farm machinery\" means an identical or substantially similar replacement piece of farm machinery; (4) \"Consumer\" means: (A) A person who purchases or leases a piece of new farm machinery for purposes other than resale; or (B) A person entitled to enforce the obligations of a warranty during the quality assurance period; (5) \"Distributor\" means any person who sells or distributes new and unused farm machinery to authorized dealers; (6) \"Express warranty\" has the same meaning as described in § 47-2-313 ; (7) \"Farm machinery\": (A) Means self-propelled equipment or machinery primarily designed and used for agricultural purposes purchased or leased by a consumer for the first time from a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer; and (B) Does not include an off-highway vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(12) and (13) , an all-terrain vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(1) , lawn tractors, or lawn mowers; (8) \"Full purchase price\" means the cost paid by a consumer, including any collateral charge; (9) \"Manufacturer\" means a person who manufactures, assembles, or imports new farm machinery; (10) \"Manufacturer's warranty\" means a warranty given by the manufacturer of farm machinery against defects in the components and workmanship and a promise to cure defects; (11) \"Nonconformity\" means any defect or condition affecting a piece of farm machinery that: (A) Does not conform with the terms of an express warranty issued by a manufacturer to a consumer; (B) Significantly impairs the use, value, or safe operation of the farm machinery; or (C) Is not the result of abuse, neglect, or failure by a consumer to operate and maintain the farm machinery according to a manufacturer's operator manual or maintenance recommendations; (12) \"Person\" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity; (13) \"Quality assurance period\" means the earliest of the following: (A) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of new farm machinery to a consumer; (B) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of any comparable farm machinery to a consumer; or (C) After the first six hundred (600) hours of operation of the farm machinery by a consumer; (14) \"Reasonable allowance for use\" means an amount attributable to use by a consumer: (A) Before the consumer's first report of a nonconformity to a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer; (B) During any period of use of the farm machinery subsequent to the first report of nonconformity if the farm machinery is not out of service by reason of repair of a reported nonconformity; or (C) Of any comparable farm machinery provided by the manufacturer, distributor, or an authorized dealer to a consumer while the farm machinery purchased by the consumer is out of service for repair of a reported nonconformity, but not less than the fair lease value of the farm machinery; (15) \"Reasonable number of repair attempts\" means: (A) Three (3) attempts to repair the same nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least thirty percent (30%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; or (B) Five (5) attempts to repair any nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least fifty percent (50%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; and (16) \"Seller\": (A) Means a person who sells, or contracts to sell, farm machinery at retail; and (B) Includes an authorized dealer, distributor, or manufacturer. Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 411, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.\nAs used in this part:\nFive (5) attempts to repair any nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least fifty percent (50%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; and (16) \"Seller\": (A) Means a person who sells, or contracts to sell, farm machinery at retail; and (B) Includes an authorized dealer, distributor, or manufacturer. Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 411, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.\nAs used in this part:\n(1) \"Authorized dealer\" means an individual, corporation, or limited liability company authorized by a manufacturer or distributor to sell, barter, or exchange a particular make of new farm machinery;\n(2) \"Clear title\" means legal ownership free from a perfected security interest or other perfected lien;\n(3) \"Comparable farm machinery\" means an identical or substantially similar replacement piece of farm machinery;\n(4) \"Consumer\" means: (A) A person who purchases or leases a piece of new farm machinery for purposes other than resale; or (B) A person entitled to enforce the obligations of a warranty during the quality assurance period;\n(A) A person who purchases or leases a piece of new farm machinery for purposes other than resale; or\n(B) A person entitled to enforce the obligations of a warranty during the quality assurance period;\n(5) \"Distributor\" means any person who sells or distributes new and unused farm machinery to authorized dealers;\n(6) \"Express warranty\" has the same meaning as described in § 47-2-313 ;\n(7) \"Farm machinery\": (A) Means self-propelled equipment or machinery primarily designed and used for agricultural purposes purchased or leased by a consumer for the first time from a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer; and (B) Does not include an off-highway vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(12) and (13) , an all-terrain vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(1) , lawn tractors, or lawn mowers;\n(A) Means self-propelled equipment or machinery primarily designed and used for agricultural purposes purchased or leased by a consumer for the first time from a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer; and\n(B) Does not include an off-highway vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(12) and (13) , an all-terrain vehicle as defined in § 55-8-101(1) , lawn tractors, or lawn mowers;\n(8) \"Full purchase price\" means the cost paid by a consumer, including any collateral charge;\n(9) \"Manufacturer\" means a person who manufactures, assembles, or imports new farm machinery;\n(10) \"Manufacturer's warranty\" means a warranty given by the manufacturer of farm machinery against defects in the components and workmanship and a promise to cure defects;\n(11) \"Nonconformity\" means any defect or condition affecting a piece of farm machinery that: (A) Does not conform with the terms of an express warranty issued by a manufacturer to a consumer; (B) Significantly impairs the use, value, or safe operation of the farm machinery; or (C) Is not the result of abuse, neglect, or failure by a consumer to operate and maintain the farm machinery according to a manufacturer's operator manual or maintenance recommendations;\n(A) Does not conform with the terms of an express warranty issued by a manufacturer to a consumer;\n(B) Significantly impairs the use, value, or safe operation of the farm machinery; or\n(C) Is not the result of abuse, neglect, or failure by a consumer to operate and maintain the farm machinery according to a manufacturer's operator manual or maintenance recommendations;\n(12) \"Person\" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity;\na consumer;\n(B) Significantly impairs the use, value, or safe operation of the farm machinery; or\n(C) Is not the result of abuse, neglect, or failure by a consumer to operate and maintain the farm machinery according to a manufacturer's operator manual or maintenance recommendations;\n(12) \"Person\" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity;\n(13) \"Quality assurance period\" means the earliest of the following: (A) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of new farm machinery to a consumer; (B) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of any comparable farm machinery to a consumer; or (C) After the first six hundred (600) hours of operation of the farm machinery by a consumer;\n(A) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of new farm machinery to a consumer;\n(B) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of any comparable farm machinery to a consumer; or\n(C) After the first six hundred (600) hours of operation of the farm machinery by a consumer;\n(14) \"Reasonable allowance for use\" means an amount attributable to use by a consumer: (A) Before the consumer's first report of a nonconformity to a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer; (B) During any period of use of the farm machinery subsequent to the first report of nonconformity if the farm machinery is not out of service by reason of repair of a reported nonconformity; or (C) Of any comparable farm machinery provided by the manufacturer, distributor, or an authorized dealer to a consumer while the farm machinery purchased by the consumer is out of service for repair of a reported nonconformity, but not less than the fair lease value of the farm machinery;\n(A) Before the consumer's first report of a nonconformity to a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer;\n(B) During any period of use of the farm machinery subsequent to the first report of nonconformity if the farm machinery is not out of service by reason of repair of a reported nonconformity; or\n(C) Of any comparable farm machinery provided by the manufacturer, distributor, or an authorized dealer to a consumer while the farm machinery purchased by the consumer is out of service for repair of a reported nonconformity, but not less than the fair lease value of the farm machinery;\n(15) \"Reasonable number of repair attempts\" means: (A) Three (3) attempts to repair the same nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least thirty percent (30%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; or (B) Five (5) attempts to repair any nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least fifty percent (50%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; and\n(A) Three (3) attempts to repair the same nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least thirty percent (30%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; or\n(B) Five (5) attempts to repair any nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least fifty percent (50%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery; and\n(16) \"Seller\": (A) Means a person who sells, or contracts to sell, farm machinery at retail; and (B) Includes an authorized dealer, distributor, or manufacturer.\n(A) Means a person who sells, or contracts to sell, farm machinery at retail; and\n(B) Includes an authorized dealer, distributor, or manufacturer.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 18"],"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":"2697541156c50250fbd9cd372a6b59aac094659979d14337826a8b1821c59b96","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-310","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-3102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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