(a) Subject to §§ 48-218-101 and 48-218-102, a member of a PLLC may transfer, assign or pledge such member’s financial rights, governance rights, or membership interest in the PLLC only to individuals, general partnerships, professional corporations, and other PLLCs qualified under § 48-248-401; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting such a member from pledging the financial rights of that member’s membership interest to a financial institution as collateral for a loan.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-248-402

  • Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Financial rights: means a member's rights to:
    (A) Share in profits and losses as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Governance rights: means a right to vote on one (1) or more matters and all a member's rights as a member in the LLC other than financial rights and the right to assign financial rights. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
    (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Law: includes rules promulgated in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 48-248-102
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Membership interest: means a member's interest in an LLC consisting of a member's financial rights, a member's right to assign financial rights as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • PLLC: means an LLC, other than a foreign professional LLC, which has elected to become subject to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 48-248-102
(b) A transfer, assignment or pledge of the financial rights, governance rights or membership interests made in violation of subsection (a), except one made by operation of law or court judgment, is void.
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