{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-7-106","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-106","heading":"Control of electronic document of title","body":"(a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred. (b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian; (4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control; (5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized. Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 1.\n(a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.\n(b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian; (4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control; (5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.\n(1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable;\n(2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;\n(A) The person to which the document was issued; or\n(B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;\n(3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;\n(4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;\n(5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and\n(6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 7"],"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":"1c6a66edeeb804a1d578b9311fa98ca2e551cded494061c0cd2604aa8d8fe510","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-7-105","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-7-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}