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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-25-108

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Rental location agent: means any person who engages in or is employed in the business of locating, providing assistance in locating or furnishing information concerning the location or availability of real property, including apartment housing, that may be leased or rented as a private dwelling, abode or place of residence and who receives or solicits a fee or other valuable consideration from a prospective tenant. See Tennessee Code 62-25-102
  • 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
(1) If a rental location agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the last known place of business as reflected by the real estate commission records, the real estate commission shall be an agent of the rental location agent upon whom any process, notice or demand may be served.
(2) Service on the commission of any process, notice or demand shall be made in the same manner provided for service on the secretary of state pursuant to § 20-2-205.
(b) The commission shall keep a record of all processes, notices and demands served upon it under this section and shall record the time of the service and its action with reference to the service.
(c) Nothing in this section limits or affects the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a rental location agent in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law or by applicable rules of procedure.