Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-18-106

  • Automobile club or association: as used in this chapter , means any individual or entity, who in consideration of fees, dues, periodic payments, or other specifically stated charges, promises its members to provide automobile club services. See Tennessee Code 55-18-101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 55-18-102
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Before any agent or representative may sell, solicit or negotiate membership in an automobile club or association in Tennessee, the agent or representative shall first apply to the commissioner for a license, and the commissioner shall have the full power and authority to issue the license upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the person is capable of soliciting automobile club or association memberships, and is of good moral character and recommended by the club or association on behalf of which the membership solicitations are made. No license shall be issued by the commissioner until the applicant has paid to the commissioner an annual license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00).