Tennessee § 45-2-901 - Part definitions.
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§ 45-2-901. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Agent” means any person duly authorized in writing by a lessee to enter a safe deposit box rented by the lessee, whether the person be denominated as “agent,” “deputy,” “attorney-in-fact,” or otherwise. The agent's authority shall be established and shall continue until revoked, both in accordance with § 45-2-707; “Fiduciary” means trustee, agent, executor, administrator, committee, guardian or conservator for a minor or other incompetent person, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for creditors or any holders of a similar position of trust; “Lessee” means a person contracting with a lessor for the use of a safe deposit box; “Lessor” means a bank or subsidiary corporation of a bank renting safe deposit facilities, and includes a safe deposit company organized and operating under the jurisdiction of the department solely for the purpose of leasing safe deposit facilities; and “Safe deposit box” means a safe deposit box, vault, or other safe deposit receptacle maintained by a lessor and the rules relating thereto apply to property or documents kept in safekeeping in the bank's vault. Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.220); T.C.A., § 45-415; Acts 1984, ch. 624, § 1; 1988, ch. 926, § 5. Cross-References. Applicability of part to savings and loan associations and savings banks, § 45-2-106 . Negotiable instruments, title 47, ch. 3.
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