Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 62 > Chapter 6 > Part 3 - Tennessee Home Inspector License Act of 2005

• Board: means the state board for licensing contractors created pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 62-6-102
• Client: means any person who hires or seeks to hire a home inspector to obtain a home inspection or home inspection report. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• 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.
• Home inspection: means a visual analysis for the purpose of providing a professional opinion of the condition of a residential building, ancillary buildings, any reasonably accessible installed components and the operation of the building's systems, including any controls normally operated by the owner of the building, for the following components:
  (i) Heating systems. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• Home inspection report: means a legibly written document prepared for compensation and issued after a home inspection. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• Home inspector: means any person who is licensed under this part as a home inspector and who engages in the business of performing home inspections and writing home inspection reports. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Residential building: means a structure that is intended to be or is in fact used as a residence consisting of from one (1) to four (4) family dwelling units. See Tennessee Code 62-6-302
• 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
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105