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Current as of January 01, 2020 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a)(1) In order to provide a degree of protection to customers of credit services businesses, each credit services business shall post a bond in an amount as determined by the commissioner with the department of commerce and insurance for each location conducting business in this state. The bond shall be made with a bond issued by a corporate surety acceptable to the commissioner.
(2) If the commissioner has not promulgated a rule setting the required level of bonding, then the bond shall be in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(b) The bond shall be maintained for two (2) years following the date on which the credit services business ceases to conduct business in this state.
(c) In an action brought by the attorney general and reporter pursuant to § 47-18-1010, the attorney general and reporter shall have the right to request that the total amount of the bond posted by the credit services business be awarded to the state for consumer restitution or civil penalties. Further, any person who has been awarded damages for a private action under this part may make a claim against the bond.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any credit services business that was registered with the division of consumer affairs in the department of commerce and insurance on or before May 1, 1998, shall only be required to post a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) with the department. The bond may be made through a deposit of cash, a certificate of deposit, securities, or with a bond issued by a corporate surety acceptable to the commissioner.
(e) Receipt of bonds for credit services businesses posted under this part shall be transferred to the division of regulatory boards in the department of commerce and insurance on and after July 1, 2015.
(f) The commissioner may prescribe fees for the filing of a bond with the department of commerce and insurance pursuant to this part. The fees shall be in an amount that provides for the cost of administering the receipt of bonds for credit services businesses. Fees may be adjusted as necessary to provide that the administration of bonds for credit services businesses is fiscally self-sufficient and that revenues from fees do not exceed necessary and required expenditures.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 47. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 47-18-1011 - last updated January 01, 2020 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-47-commercial-instruments-and-transactions/tn-code-sect-47-18-1011.html
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