§ 56-7-1101 Priority and applicability of coverages
§ 56-7-1102 Automobile liability insurance – Noncancellable and guaranteed renewable policies
§ 56-7-1103 Motor vehicle liability – Applicability of sections
§ 56-7-1104 Requiring whereabouts of insured
§ 56-7-1105 Liability for failure to comply
§ 56-7-1106 Collision insurance purchased as a condition to financing automobile purchase
§ 56-7-1107 Accident prevention course for older drivers – Reductions in premiums
§ 56-7-1108 Personal automobile insurance of municipal, county, and state employees
§ 56-7-1109 Effect of accidents on premiums
§ 56-7-1110 Insurance coverage or collision damages waivers for rental cars
§ 56-7-1111 Antique automobiles – Valuation
§ 56-7-1112 Coverage of foreign exchange student
§ 56-7-1113 Automobile glass replacement or repair – Legislative findings
§ 56-7-1114 Automobile glass replacement or repair – Fraudulent and deceptive practices – Damages
§ 56-7-1115 Automobile glass replacement or repair – Payment of claims
§ 56-7-1116 Automobile glass replacement or repair – Violations – Remedies
§ 56-7-1117 Intentional acts or omissions of vehicle owners
§ 56-7-1118 Compliance of automobile liability insurers with requirements of James Lee Atwood Jr. Law
§ 56-7-1119 Exclusion of coverage to owner or operator while logged onto transportation network company’s digital network or providing a prearranged ride
§ 56-7-1120 Insurance coverage for car sharing programs
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 7 > Part 11 - General Provisions - Auto Insurance

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attorney: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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.
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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