Tennessee Code 55-15-101 – Sale of motor fuel and lubricating oils regulated – Posting of sign or placard stating price of each product sold required
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-15-101
- 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.
- Motor vehicle: as used in this chapter , includes all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power, except traction engines, road rollers, fire and police vehicles, ambulances, agricultural tractors, tractor cranes, steam shovels, road building machinery, electric trucks with small wheels used in factories, warehouses, and railroad stations and operated principally on private property, and such vehicles run only upon rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-15-103
- Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale at retail, for use or consumption in any motor vehicle, or to deliver into any motor vehicle for actual or apparent use therein, any product for use in supplying, creating or generating motive power to that motor vehicle, or lubricating oil for that motor vehicle, unless the person, firm or corporation conspicuously and plainly posts at the place of the sale or delivery, a sign or placard, stating the price of each such product, and oil, separately, and so that the prices can be readily and easily distinguished by brand or other designation as legible words, letters and figures of uniform size and dimensions. The sign or placard shall be so located and placed that it may easily be seen and read by purchasers or prospective purchasers of the product or oil.