Tennessee Code — 48
Browse 1,045 sections in division 48 of the Tennessee code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 48-1-101. Short title.
- § 48-1-102. Part definitions.
- § 48-1-103. Exemptions.
- § 48-1-104. Securities registration requirement — Civil penalty.
- § 48-1-105. Registration by coordination.
- § 48-1-106. Registration by qualification.
- § 48-1-107. Provisions applicable to registration generally.
- § 48-1-108. Stop order denying, suspending, or revoking registration.
- § 48-1-109. Registration as broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives.
- § 48-1-110. Registration procedure.
- § 48-1-111. Records and reports — Examinations.
- § 48-1-112. Denial, revocation, suspension, cancellation, or withdrawal of registration.
- § 48-1-113. Filing of sales and advertising literature.
- § 48-1-114. Unlawful representation concerning registration or exemption.
- § 48-1-115. Administration.
- § 48-1-116. Rules, forms, orders, and hearings.
- § 48-1-117. Administrative files and opinions.
- § 48-1-118. Investigations and subpoenas.
- § 48-1-119. Injunctions.
- § 48-1-120. Judicial review.
- § 48-1-121. Fraudulent acts or devices.
- § 48-1-122. Civil liabilities.
- § 48-1-123. Criminal prosecution.
- § 48-1-124. Scope of law — Service of process.
- § 48-1-125. Notice filing and fee requirements for covered securities.
- § 48-1-126. Exemptions from notice filing and fee requirements.
- § 48-1-127. Senior exploitation reporting and records.
- § 48-1-201. Participation certificates in bonds or notes secured by mortgages on realty.
- § 48-11-101. Short title.
- § 48-11-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
- § 48-11-103. Eminent domain.
- § 48-11-104. Applicability.
- § 48-11-201. Definitions for chapters 11 through 27.
- § 48-11-202. General notice requirements.
- § 48-11-203. Number of shareholders.
- § 48-11-301. Filing requirements.
- § 48-11-302. Forms and filing methods.
- § 48-11-303. Filing, service, and copying fees.
- § 48-11-304. Effective time and date of document.
- § 48-11-305. Correcting filed document.
- § 48-11-306. Filing duty of secretary of state.
- § 48-11-307. Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document.
- § 48-11-308. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
- § 48-11-309. Certificate of existence or authorization.
- § 48-11-310. Penalty for signing false document.
- § 48-11-401. Powers.
- § 48-11-402. Deputies of secretary of state.
- § 48-12-101. Incorporators.
- § 48-12-102. Charter.
- § 48-12-103. Incorporation.
- § 48-12-104. Liability for preincorporation transactions.
- § 48-12-105. Organization of corporation.
- § 48-12-106. Bylaws.
- § 48-12-107. Emergency bylaws.
- § 48-13-101. Purposes.
- § 48-13-102. General powers.
- § 48-13-103. Emergency powers.
- § 48-13-104. Ultra vires actions.
- § 48-14-101. Corporate name.
- § 48-14-102. Reserved name.
- § 48-14-103. Registered name.
- § 48-15-101. Registered office and registered agent.
- § 48-15-102. Change of registered office or registered agent.
- § 48-15-103. Resignation of registered agent.
- § 48-15-104. Service on corporation.
- § 48-15-105. Procedure for service on domestic or foreign corporation by service on secretary of state.
- § 48-16-101. Authorized shares.
- § 48-16-102. Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
- § 48-16-103. Issued and outstanding shares.
- § 48-16-104. Fractional shares.
- § 48-16-201. Subscription for shares.
- § 48-16-202. Issuance of shares.
- § 48-16-203. Liability of shareholders.
- § 48-16-204. Share dividends.
- § 48-16-205. Options to subscribe for or purchase shares — Instruments evidencing options — Authority to grant.
- § 48-16-206. Form and content of certificate.
- § 48-16-207. Shares without certificates.
- § 48-16-208. Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.
- § 48-16-209. Expense of issue.
- § 48-16-301. Shareholders' preemptive rights.
- § 48-16-302. Corporation's acquisition of its own shares.
- § 48-16-401. Distributions to shareholders.
- § 48-17-101. Annual meeting.
- § 48-17-102. Special meeting.
- § 48-17-103. Court-ordered meeting.
- § 48-17-104. Action without meeting.
- § 48-17-105. Notice of meeting.
- § 48-17-106. Waiver of notice.
- § 48-17-107. Record date.
- § 48-17-108. Waiver or approval by fiduciaries.
- § 48-17-109. Shareholder meetings through special communication.
- § 48-17-110. Conduct of the meeting.
- § 48-17-201. Shareholders' list for meeting.
- § 48-17-202. Voting entitlement of shares.
- § 48-17-203. Proxies.
- § 48-17-204. Shares held by nominees.
- § 48-17-205. Corporation's acceptance of votes.
- § 48-17-206. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
- § 48-17-207. Action by single and multiple voting groups.
- § 48-17-208. Greater quorum or voting requirements.
- § 48-17-209. Voting for directors — Cumulative voting.
- § 48-17-210. Shareholders presumed sui juris.
- § 48-17-301. Voting trusts.
- § 48-17-302. Shareholders' agreements.
- § 48-17-401. Procedure in derivative proceedings.
- § 48-18-101. Requirement for and duties of board of directors.
- § 48-18-102. Qualifications of directors.
- § 48-18-103. Number and election of directors.
- § 48-18-104. Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.
- § 48-18-105. Terms of directors generally.
- § 48-18-106. Staggered terms for directors.
- § 48-18-107. Resignation of directors.
- § 48-18-108. Removal of directors.
- § 48-18-109. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
- § 48-18-110. Vacancy on board.
- § 48-18-111. Compensation of directors.
- § 48-18-201. Meetings.
- § 48-18-202. Action without meeting.
- § 48-18-203. Notice of meeting.
- § 48-18-204. Waiver of notice.
- § 48-18-205. Quorum and voting.
- § 48-18-206. Committees.
- § 48-18-301. General standards for directors.
- § 48-18-302. Liability for unlawful distributions.
- § 48-18-401. Required officers.
- § 48-18-402. Duties of officers.
- § 48-18-403. Standards of conduct for officers.
- § 48-18-404. Resignation and removal of officers.
- § 48-18-405. Contract rights of officers.
- § 48-18-406. Release or assignment of life insurance on officers.
- § 48-18-501. Part definitions.
- § 48-18-502. Authority to indemnify.
- § 48-18-503. Mandatory indemnification.
- § 48-18-504. Advance for expenses.
- § 48-18-505. Court ordered indemnification.
- § 48-18-506. Determination and authorization of indemnification.
- § 48-18-507. Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents.
- § 48-18-508. Insurance.
- § 48-18-509. Exclusivity of rights — Charter limiting indemnification — Payment of witness expenses.
- § 48-18-601. Limitation of actions for breach of fiduciary duty.
- § 48-18-701. Part definitions.
- § 48-18-702. Judicial action.
- § 48-18-703. Directors' action.
- § 48-18-704. Shareholders' action.
- § 48-20-101. Authority to amend.
- § 48-20-102. Amendment by board of directors.
- § 48-20-103. Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.
- § 48-20-104. Voting on amendments by voting groups.
- § 48-20-105. Amendment before issuance of shares.
- § 48-20-106. Articles of amendment.
- § 48-20-107. Restated charter.
- § 48-20-108. Amendment of charter pursuant to reorganization.
- § 48-20-109. Effect of amendment.
- § 48-20-201. Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.
- § 48-20-202. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for shareholders.
- § 48-20-203. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors.
- § 48-21-101. Chapter definitions.
- § 48-21-102. Merger.
- § 48-21-103. Share exchange.
- § 48-21-104. Action on plan of merger or share exchange.
- § 48-21-105. Merger of parent and subsidiary.
- § 48-21-106. Abandonment of merger.
- § 48-21-107. Articles of merger or share exchange.
- § 48-21-108. Effect of merger or share exchange.
- § 48-21-109. Entity conversion.
- § 48-21-110. Plan of entity conversion.
- § 48-21-111. Action on a plan of entity conversion.
- § 48-21-112. Articles of entity conversion.
- § 48-21-113. Surrender of charter upon conversion.
- § 48-21-114. Effect of entity conversion.
- § 48-21-115. Abandonment of entity conversion.
- § 48-21-116. Nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-21-117. Action on a plan of nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-21-118. Articles of nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-21-119. Surrender of a charter upon foreign nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-21-120. Effect of nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-21-121. Abandonment of a nonprofit conversion.
- § 48-22-101. Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets.
- § 48-22-102. Sale of assets other than in regular course of business.
- § 48-23-101. Chapter definitions.
- § 48-23-102. Right to dissent.
- § 48-23-103. Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners.
- § 48-23-201. Notice of dissenters' rights.
- § 48-23-202. Notice of intent to demand payment.
- § 48-23-203. Dissenters' notice.
- § 48-23-204. Duty to demand payment.
- § 48-23-205. Share restrictions.
- § 48-23-206. Payment.
- § 48-23-207. Failure to take action.
- § 48-23-208. After-acquired shares.
- § 48-23-209. Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
- § 48-23-301. Court action.
- § 48-23-302. Court costs and counsel fees.
- § 48-24-101. Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.
- § 48-24-102. Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.
- § 48-24-103. Articles of dissolution.
- § 48-24-104. Revocation of dissolution.
- § 48-24-105. Effect of dissolution.
- § 48-24-106. Known claims against dissolved corporation.
- § 48-24-107. Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.
- § 48-24-108. Articles of termination of corporate existence.
- § 48-24-109. Discharge or reasonable provision to be made for payment of claims — Liability of directors.
- § 48-24-201. Grounds for administrative dissolution.
- § 48-24-202. Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
- § 48-24-203. Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
- § 48-24-204. Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
- § 48-24-205. Articles of termination following administrative dissolution or revocation.
- § 48-24-206. Reinstatement within certain amount of time — Amendment of charter — Application for reinstatement.
- § 48-24-301. Grounds for judicial dissolution.
- § 48-24-302. Procedure for judicial dissolution.
- § 48-24-303. Receivership or custodianship.
- § 48-24-304. Decree of dissolution.
- § 48-25-101. Authority to transact business required.
- § 48-25-102. Consequences of transacting business without authority.
- § 48-25-103. Application for certificate of authority.
- § 48-25-104. Amended certificate of authority.
- § 48-25-105. Effect of certificate of authority.
- § 48-25-106. Corporate name of foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-107. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-108. Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-109. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-110. Service on foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-201. Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
- § 48-25-301. Grounds for revocation.
- § 48-25-302. Procedure for and effect of revocation.
- § 48-25-303. Reinstatement following administrative revocation.
- § 48-25-304. Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
- § 48-25-305. Certificate of withdrawal following administrative revocation.
- § 48-26-101. Corporate records.
- § 48-26-102. Inspection of records by shareholders.
- § 48-26-103. Scope of inspection right.
- § 48-26-104. Court-ordered inspection.
- § 48-26-105. Inspection of record by directors.
- § 48-26-106. Exception to notice requirements.
- § 48-26-201. Financial statements for shareholders.
- § 48-26-202. Other reports to shareholders.
- § 48-26-203. Filing annual report with secretary of state.
- § 48-27-101. Application to existing domestic corporations.
- § 48-27-102. Application to qualified foreign corporations.
- § 48-27-103. Saving provisions.
- § 48-28-101. Short title.
- § 48-28-102. Applicability — Governing law.
- § 48-28-103. Chapter definitions.
- § 48-28-104. Restriction on merger, share exchange or conversion of for-profit corporation that is not for-profit benefit corporation with or into for-profit benefit corporation — Limitations upon mergers, share exchanges or conversions of for-profit benefit corporation — Management in best interests — Statement of public benefits.
- § 48-28-105. Conspicuous notice of status of corporation as for-profit benefit corporation.
- § 48-28-106. Duties of director.
- § 48-28-107. Notice of meetings — Annual benefit reports — Use of third-party standard or certification addressing promotion of public benefit or benefits.
- § 48-28-108. Standing to maintain derivative suit.
- § 48-28-109. Applicability of chapter as to business corporations that are not for-profit benefit corporations.
- § 48-51-101. Short title.
- § 48-51-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
- § 48-51-103. Eminent domain.
- § 48-51-104. Applicability.
- § 48-51-201. Definitions for chapters 51 through 68.
- § 48-51-202. Notice.
- § 48-51-301. Filing requirements.
- § 48-51-302. Forms and filing methods.
- § 48-51-303. Filing, service, and copying fees.
- § 48-51-304. Effective time and date of document.
- § 48-51-305. Correcting filed document.
- § 48-51-306. Filing duty of secretary of state.
- § 48-51-307. Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document.
- § 48-51-308. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
- § 48-51-309. Certificate of existence.
- § 48-51-310. Penalty for signing false document.
- § 48-51-401. Powers.
- § 48-51-402. Deputies of secretary of state.
- § 48-51-501. Private foundations.
- § 48-51-601. Judicial relief.
- § 48-51-701. Attorney general and reporter.
- § 48-52-101. Incorporators.
- § 48-52-102. Charter.
- § 48-52-103. Incorporation.
- § 48-52-104. Liability for preincorporation transactions.
- § 48-52-105. Organization of corporation.
- § 48-52-106. Bylaws — Limitations on liability.
- § 48-52-107. Emergency bylaws.
- § 48-53-101. Purposes.
- § 48-53-102. General powers.
- § 48-53-103. Emergency powers.
- § 48-53-104. Ultra vires actions.
- § 48-53-201. Short title.
- § 48-53-202. Nonprofit fair asset protection.
- § 48-53-203. “Good cause” defined.
- § 48-53-204. Violations — Remedies.
- § 48-54-101. Corporate name.
- § 48-54-102. Reserved name.
- § 48-54-103. Registered name.
- § 48-55-101. Registered office and registered agent.
- § 48-55-102. Change of registered office or registered agent.
- § 48-55-103. Resignation of registered agent.
- § 48-55-104. Service on corporation.
- § 48-55-105. Procedure for service on domestic or foreign corporation by service on secretary of state.
- § 48-56-101. Admission.
- § 48-56-102. Consideration.
- § 48-56-103. No members required.
- § 48-56-201. Differences in rights and obligations of members.
- § 48-56-202. Transfers.
- § 48-56-203. Member's liability to third parties.
- § 48-56-204. Member's liability for dues, assessments and fees.