For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Agency” means the Tennessee wildlife resources agency;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 70-9-103

  • Agency: means the Tennessee wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-9-103
  • Commission: means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission. See Tennessee Code 70-9-103
  • Director: means the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency, the director's duly authorized representative, and, in the event of the director's absence or a vacancy in the office of director, the assistant director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-9-103
  • Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • OHV: means any off-road motorcycles, three or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or dune buggies. See Tennessee Code 70-9-103
  • Person: means an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • 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
  • Sell: includes the offering or possessing for sale, bartering, exchanging or trading. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Wildlife: means wild vertebrates, mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
(2) “Commission” means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission;
(3) “Director” means the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency, the director’s duly authorized representative, and, in the event of the director’s absence or a vacancy in the office of director, the assistant director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency;
(4) “Off-highway vehicle” or “OHV” means any off-road motorcycles, three or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or dune buggies;
(5) “Owner” means the person in whose name the OHV is owned; and
(6) “Seller” means a person permitted to engage in the business of selling, offering to sell, soliciting or advertising the sale of either off-road motorcycles, three or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or dune buggies, or any of these vehicles.
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