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Business registration in United States — Tennessee

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

355 matching statutes

• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 45-5-305 — Insurance

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  This section limits and conditions insurance tied to certain loans, gives borrowers some choice over insurers, and requires disclosures, premium handling, and refund rules.

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  TCA § 40-39-214 — Providing information in registry

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  TBI must share offender registry information with listed agencies and organizations after registration or updates, with a limit on how often some recipients can receive it.

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  TCA § 36-6-501 — Part definitions

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  This section defines several terms used in the part, including “license,” “licensee,” “licensing authority,” “not in compliance with an order of visitation,” and “order of visitation.”

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  TCA § 62-35-131 — Regulation by municipalities, counties or other political subdivisions

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  Local governments cannot require extra licenses, permits, fees, or bonds from licensees or registrants for covered activity, but they may tax or regulate street patrol services. Security-related notice, recognition, waiver, and objection procedures also apply.

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  TCA § 48-65-101 — Authority to transact business required

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  A foreign corporation may not do business in the state until it gets a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.

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  TCA § 40-39-205 — Creation and distribution of forms — Acknowledgement forms

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  TBI must create and distribute registration forms, and several officials must explain registration duties, help offenders complete forms, collect identifying information, and send records to TBI on short deadlines.

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  TCA § 55-4-117 — Registration fees for dealers, manufacturers and transporters — Dealer plates for use on trucks — Lost plates

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  This section sets dealer-plate application rules, limits, and fees, and bars truck dealers from letting special plates be used by unauthorized people or charging rental-type consideration.

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  TCA § 67-5-1514 — Assistance of agents — Qualifications, registration, disciplinary action

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  This section lets taxpayers and property assessors use qualified agents at certain conferences, hearings, and appeals, and sets registration, renewal, discipline, and fee rules for those agents.

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  TCA § 2-7-112 — Procedure for voting

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  This section requires voters to complete a ballot application, show identification, and follow provisional-ballot procedures when eligibility cannot be confirmed.

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  TCA § 63-8-108 — Quorum — Records of board

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  The board needs a majority present for business, must record its proceedings in a minute book open to public inspection, and must keep a record book for optometry license and certificate information.

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  TCA § 62-18-207 — Engaging in practice of soil science — Construction of part

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  Certain business entities may provide or practice soil science if a licensed professional soil scientist is in responsible charge.

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  TCA § 66-24-123 — Security trusts — Residence of trustee

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  This section defines “security trust” and allows certain nonresident people or corporations to act as trustee only if their home jurisdiction gives Tennessee equivalent authority.

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  TCA § 61-1-1004 — Activities outside the state — Foreign registered limited liability partnership

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  A foreign registered limited liability partnership must file a notice with the secretary of state before doing business in the state, pay the required fee, renew the notice after two years, and file withdrawal or amendment papers when applicable.

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  TCA § 62-11-104 — Registration or licensing requirement — Identification requirement — Broad construction — Financial institutions

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  Locksmith businesses and locksmiths must register or be licensed, and licensed locksmiths must follow identification, business-location, and tool-use restrictions.

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  TCA § 70-2-106 — Agents for issuance and sale of licenses, permits, stamps, tags, or privileges — Bond — Fees of items — Fees of agents — Conservation stamps

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  Certain county clerks and appointed agents may sell specified licenses and stamps, and conservation stamps must be offered for sale.

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  TCA § 45-5-302 — General limitations on registrants

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  Registrants under this chapter are barred from banking-style activities, certain loan terms and sizes, forced certificate purchases, unauthorized fund deposits, office moves without notice, blank instruments, false borrower financial statements, unreasonable collection tactics, false advertising, and using multiple agr

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  TCA § 61-3-1005 — Activities not constituting doing business

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  Several activities by a foreign limited partnership do not count as doing business in the state for this part.

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  TCA § 48-25-101 — Authority to transact business required

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  A foreign corporation generally may not do business in the state until it gets a certificate of authority from the secretary of state, unless it is a foreign insurance corporation subject to title 56.

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  TCA § 50-6-903 — Criteria for applying for exemption

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  Some construction services providers may apply for an exemption from § 50-6-902(a) if they meet listed criteria, including certain business roles, ownership levels, or a religious exemption.

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  TCA § 68-105-111 — Penalties

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  If a person or entity does business covered by this chapter without the required registration, it commits a Class A misdemeanor.

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