(a) A document is filed when it is received by the commissioner.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-1-117

  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, investment activity and other lawful purpose for gain or the preservation of assets whether or not carried on for profits. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 48-1-102
  • Document: means :
    (A) Any tangible medium on which information is inscribed, and includes any writing or written instrument. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means a natural person, a sole proprietorship, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, a joint-stock company, a trust, a governmental entity or agency, or any other unincorporated organization. See Tennessee Code 48-1-102
  • Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner shall keep a register of all applications for registration and registration statements which are or have ever been declared effective under this part and all denial, suspension, or revocation orders which have ever been entered under this part. The register shall be open for public inspection during the commissioner’s normal business hours.
(c) The information contained in or filed with any registration statement, application, notice filing, or report may be made available to the public under such rules as the commissioner prescribes.
(d) Upon request and upon payment of such reasonable charges as the commissioner by rule prescribes, the commissioner shall furnish to any person copies (certified under the commissioner’s seal of office if requested) of any entry in the register or any document which is a matter of public record. In any proceeding or prosecution under this part, any copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the entry or document certified.
(e) The commissioner, in the commissioner’s discretion, may honor requests from interested persons for interpretative opinions pertaining to this part.
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