(a) A customer may authorize disclosure of financial records pertaining to the customer by signing and dating a statement authorizing the disclosure; or, if acceptable to the financial institution, a customer may provide authorization orally. The authorization may specify:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-10-105

  • Customer: means a depositor, borrower, member, lessee, other person, or the personal or legal representative or estate thereof, who has, has had, or has contemplated a relationship with the financial institution that caused the financial institution to create, obtain, preserve or maintain financial records pertaining to the person or the person's affairs. See Tennessee Code 45-10-102
  • Financial institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, industrial loan and thrift company, credit union, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, or leasing company accepting deposits, making or arranging loans and making or arranging leases. See Tennessee Code 45-10-102
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust or any other legal entity organized under the laws of this state, including any department or agency of this state, any county or municipal corporation located in this state, and any court of this state or of the United States. See Tennessee Code 45-10-102
  • records: means any original document, any copy of an original document, or any information contained in the document, other than a customer's name, address, and account number, held by or in the custody of a financial institution, where the document, copy or information is identifiable as pertaining to one (1) or more customers of the institution. See Tennessee Code 45-10-102
(1) The name of the person to which disclosure is authorized;
(2) The financial records that are authorized to be disclosed; and
(3) The period of time during which the authorization is effective.
(b) No authorization shall be required by a financial institution as a condition of doing business with the financial institution.