Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 43 > Chapter 31 - Agricultural Production Inputs

• Agricultural chemical: means fertilizers or agricultural chemicals that are applied to crops or to land that is used for raising crops, including fertilizer material, plant amendment, plant food and soil amendment, and pesticide as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Agricultural production input: means crop production inputs. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Debtor: means a farmer who is or has requested financial assistance from a lender through a supplier. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives income from a public assistance program. ^{Source: OCC}
• Generally applicable local law: means an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type other than zoning enacted, maintained, or enforced by a local governing body that applies to all property or use of all property and does not apply only to property used as a short-term rental unit. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Lender: means a person in the business of lending money identified in a security interest notification statement. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Letter of commitment: means a binding, irrevocable and unconditional agreement by a lender to honor drafts or other demands for payment upon the supplier presenting invoices signed by the purchaser or other proof of delivery. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Local governing body: means the legislative body of a city, municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state that has authority to enact a zoning ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type regarding land use in its jurisdiction. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Person: means an individual or an organization and includes a corporation, firm or association. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Petroleum product: means motor fuels and special fuels that are used in the production of crops, including "petroleum products" as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Proceeds: means proceeds as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Prohibit: means to forbid or ban the operation of short-term rental units, either permanently or temporarily, within a local governing body's jurisdiction, portion of the local governing body's jurisdiction, or a portion of an owner's property. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Property: means a tract of land as recorded with the register of deeds office of the county where the property is located. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Provider: means any person engaged in renting a short-term rental unit and includes an owner of a residential unit that is made available through a vacation lodging service as that term is defined in §. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Residential dwelling: means a cabin, house, or structure used or designed to be used as an abode or home of a person, family, or household, and includes a single-family dwelling, a portion of a single-family dwelling, or an individual residential dwelling in a multi-dwelling building, such as an apartment building, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Seed: means agricultural seeds that are used to produce crops, including "agricultural seed" as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Supplier: means a person who furnishes agricultural production inputs. See Tennessee Code 43-31-102
• Transferred: means :
  (A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• unit: means a residential dwelling that is rented wholly or partially for a fee for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days and does not include a hotel as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602
• Used as a short-term rental unit: means the property was held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit, and:
  (A) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that required a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units prior to using the property as a short-term rental unit, a permit was issued or an application was approved by the local governing body for the property. See Tennessee Code 13-7-602