Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-62-103

  • Assembly building: means a building where a number of persons congregate for amusement, civic, educational, recreational, religious or social purposes. See Tennessee Code 7-62-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The several cities, towns and counties of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to enact laws or ordinances to safeguard and protect the home owner or prospective home owner, commercial property owner or assembly building property owner, by requiring the licensing of the residential, commercial or assembly builders and residential, commercial and assembly maintenance and alteration contractors as defined in § 7-62-102 in accordance with the provisions set forth in such law or ordinance.