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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 46-2-106

  • Commodity: includes , but is not limited to, memorials consisting of permanent monuments or gravemarkers of marble, granite or bronze, bronze plaques, or bronze vases, and foundations or footings of the memorials. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Memorial care: includes , but is not limited to, resetting or straightening tipped commodities, replacing damaged commodities, and providing for the general maintenance of commodities. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
(1) A contract for the sale of a commodity shall be executed in duplicate and a signed copy given to the purchaser. The contract shall fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of the contract.
(2) The contract shall specifically state the purchase price of the commodity, the installation fee, and any charge for memorial care of the commodity made pursuant to § 46-1-204.
(b) This section does not apply to cemeteries described in § 46-1-105; provided, that the cemeteries do not engage in the sale of memorials consisting of permanent monuments or gravemarkers of marble, granite, or bronze, bronze plaques, or bronze vases.
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