(a)Generally. A membership interest in an LLC is personal property. A member has no interest in specific LLC property. All property transferred to or acquired by an LLC is property of the LLC itself.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-215-101

  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
    (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Membership interest: means a member's interest in an LLC consisting of a member's financial rights, a member's right to assign financial rights as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Share: means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • 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
(b)Statement of Membership Interest. At the request of any member, the LLC shall state in writing the particular membership interest owned by that member as of the time the LLC makes the statement. The statement must describe the member’s rights to vote, to share in profits and losses, and to share in distributions, as well as any assignment of the member’s rights then in effect. The statement shall not be deemed to be a “security,” as defined in § 47-8-102, except as provided in § 47-8-103(c), shall not be a “negotiable instrument,” shall not be deemed to be a “bond” or “stocks,” as those terms are used in § 67-2-101, and shall not be a vehicle by which a transfer of any membership interest may be effected.