{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-5-1-133","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-133","heading":"Prohibited regulation of online marketplace","body":"(a) As used in this section, \"online marketplace\" means a person or entity that: (1) Provides for consideration, regardless of whether the consideration is deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online application, software, website, system, or other medium, through which a good or service in this state is advertised or offered to the public as available; and (2) Directly or indirectly provides or maintains a platform for goods or services by performing the following: (A) Providing a payment system that facilitates a transaction between two (2) platform users; (B) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance of a transaction between two (2) platform users; (C) Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together; (D) Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or (E) Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2). (b) A county, including a county with a metropolitan form of government, shall not: (1) Regulate the operation of an online marketplace; or (2) Require an online marketplace to provide personally identifiable information of users without an administrative subpoena or court order. Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 339, s 1, eff. 5/4/2021.\n(a) As used in this section, \"online marketplace\" means a person or entity that: (1) Provides for consideration, regardless of whether the consideration is deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online application, software, website, system, or other medium, through which a good or service in this state is advertised or offered to the public as available; and (2) Directly or indirectly provides or maintains a platform for goods or services by performing the following: (A) Providing a payment system that facilitates a transaction between two (2) platform users; (B) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance of a transaction between two (2) platform users; (C) Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together; (D) Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or (E) Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2).\n(1) Provides for consideration, regardless of whether the consideration is deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online application, software, website, system, or other medium, through which a good or service in this state is advertised or offered to the public as available; and\n(2) Directly or indirectly provides or maintains a platform for goods or services by performing the following: (A) Providing a payment system that facilitates a transaction between two (2) platform users; (B) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance of a transaction between two (2) platform users; (C) Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together; (D) Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or (E) Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2)\nbetween two (2) platform users; (C) Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together; (D) Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or (E) Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2).\n(A) Providing a payment system that facilitates a transaction between two (2) platform users;\n(B) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance of a transaction between two (2) platform users;\n(C) Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together;\n(D) Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or\n(E) Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2).\n(b) A county, including a county with a metropolitan form of government, shall not: (1) Regulate the operation of an online marketplace; or (2) Require an online marketplace to provide personally identifiable information of users without an administrative subpoena or court order.\n(1) Regulate the operation of an online marketplace; or\n(2) Require an online marketplace to provide personally identifiable information of users without an administrative subpoena or court order.","path":["TN Code","Title 5","Chapter 1"],"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":"623d934cbde7f1a095ee4a2e0bcb1c916b52c042fb7306b6ab39706048d8803f","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-5-1-132","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-5-1-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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