As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Agent” means any officer, director, owner, employee, contractor or any other person authorized to act on behalf of a residential roofing services provider;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-6-601

  • Agent: means any officer, director, owner, employee, contractor or any other person authorized to act on behalf of a residential roofing services provider. See Tennessee Code 62-6-601
  • Contract: means a contract in this state between a person and a residential roofing services provider for the provision of goods or services related to the repair or replacement of a roof system the costs of which the residential roofing services provider represents are to be paid, or are likely to be paid, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of a property and casualty insurance policy. See Tennessee Code 62-6-601
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contracting: means any person or entity that performs or causes to be performed any of the activities defined in subdivision (4)(A) or (7). See Tennessee Code 62-6-102
  • 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
  • Person: means an individual or entity. See Tennessee Code 62-6-601
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Residential real estate: means a new or existing building constructed for habitation by one to four (1-4) families, and includes the building's garage, even if the garage is detached from such building. See Tennessee Code 62-6-601
  • Roof system: means a roof covering, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing, roof framing, roof ventilation system, or insulation for residential real estate. See Tennessee Code 62-6-601
  • 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
(2) “Contract” means a contract in this state between a person and a residential roofing services provider for the provision of goods or services related to the repair or replacement of a roof system the costs of which the residential roofing services provider represents are to be paid, or are likely to be paid, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of a property and casualty insurance policy;
(3) “Emergency repairs” means goods or services provided for the purpose of making urgent and necessary repairs to the roof system of residential real estate if, without such repairs, damage to the residential real estate would occur;
(4) “Person” means an individual or entity;
(5) “Residential real estate” means a new or existing building constructed for habitation by one to four (1-4) families, and includes the building’s garage, even if the garage is detached from such building;
(6) “Residential roofing services provider”:

(A) Means a person in the business of contracting or offering to contract with owners of residential real estate to repair or replace roof systems, or the agent of such person; and
(B) Does not mean a person engaged in the demolition of a structure or cleanup of construction waste and debris that contains roofing material; and
(7) “Roof system” means a roof covering, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing, roof framing, roof ventilation system, or insulation for residential real estate.
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