Tennessee Code Title 48. Corporations and Associations § 48-249-914

The attorney general and reporter shall, upon the attorney general and reporter's own motion, or upon the relation of proper parties, proceed by complaint in the chancery court of Davidson County or in the chancery court of any county in which a foreign LLC is transacting or has transacted business, to enjoin the foreign LLC, or any representative of the foreign LLC, from transacting any business in this state, if the foreign LLC has failed to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority, or if the foreign LLC has secured a certificate of authority from the secretary of state under § 48-249-904 on the basis of false or misleading representations. The reasonable attorney fees and expenses of such proceeding by the attorney general and reporter may be recovered from the foreign LLC, at the discretion of the court, if an injunction is obtained.