Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-1-604

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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.

Every certificate, assignment, or conveyance executed by the commissioner or the commissioner’s chief deputy, relating to the business of insurance companies, in pursuance of authority conferred by law, and sealed with the seal of office, shall be recorded in the proper recording office in the same manner and with the same effect as a deed regularly acknowledged or proved before an officer authorized by law to take the proof or acknowledgment of deeds, and all copies of papers in the office of the department, certified by the commissioner or the chief deputy, and authenticated by the seal, shall in all cases be evidence equally and in like manner with the original.