(a) No person may engage in or transact any home improvement business, represent to the public as doing home improvement business or offer to transact any home improvement business in this state, except in compliance with the applicable provisions of this part. No person, whether subject to licensing by any law or otherwise, may engage in this state in any trade practice or other act that is prohibited by this part. Every person who willfully participates in a prohibited act or violation with knowledge of the prohibited act or violation is subject to the criminal penalty for the prohibited act or violation. This part may not be waived by agreement.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-6-502

  • Contractor: includes , but is not limited to, a prime contractor, electrical contractor, electrical subcontractor, mechanical contractor, mechanical subcontractor, plumbing contractor and plumbing subcontractor, masonry contractor, and roofing subcontractor where the total cost of the roofing portion of the construction project is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more. See Tennessee Code 62-6-102
  • home improvement: includes the installation of central heating or air conditioning systems, storm windows or awnings. See Tennessee Code 62-6-501
  • Owner: means any homeowner, tenant or any other person who orders, contracts for or purchases the home improvement services of a contractor or the person entitled to the performance of the work of a contractor pursuant to a home improvement contract. See Tennessee Code 62-6-501
  • Person: includes an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, owner, contractor, salesperson or any other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 62-6-501
  • 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)

(1) No person shall maintain, own, operate or transact a home improvement business unless a license is first obtained as prescribed in this part.
(2) An applicant for a home improvement contractor‘s license shall establish that the applicant is the real owner and possesses title to, or is entitled to, the possession of the establishment and will conduct, operate, engage in and transact a home improvement business.
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