Tennessee Code 67-4-217 – Contracts by unlicensed persons
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-217
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
No contract previously made, or later made, by persons engaged in a business or occupation subject to a license or privilege tax, under parts 2-6 of this chapter or any other act, shall be invalid or unenforceable in the courts because of the failure of such persons to have paid such license tax at the time such contract was made or was performed; provided, that such persons shall, prior to the date of adjudication in the court of original jurisdiction, pay double the tax due at the time the contract was made and, in addition, the penalty prescribed by law.