Tennessee Code Title 47. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 47-9-505

(a) USE OF TERMS OTHER THAN “DEBTOR” AND “SECURED PARTY”. A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in § 47-9-311(a), using the terms “consignor”, “ consignee”, “lessor”, “lessee”, “bailor”, “bailee”, “ licensor”, “licensee”, “owner”, “registered owner”, “buyer”, “ seller”, or words of similar import, instead of the terms “ secured party” and “debtor”.

(b) EFFECT OF FINANCING STATEMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (a). This part applies to the filing of a financing statement under subsection (a) and, as appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under § 47-9-311(b), but the filing or compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or buyer which attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.