Tennessee Code Title 56. Insurance § 56-52-103

(a) A charitable organization shall not receive any transfer of property, conditioned upon its agreement to pay an annuity to the donor or other annuitant unless and until it has obtained from the commissioner a certificate of authority to issue charitable gift annuities.

(b) A charitable organization shall file with the commissioner its application for a certificate of authority. The application shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the commissioner and shall be verified by two (2) of the applicant's officers. The application shall include or be accompanied by such proof as the commissioner may reasonably require that the applicant is qualified under this chapter. At filing of the application the applicant shall pay to the commissioner the applicable filing fees as specified in § 56-4-101(1).

(c) If after such investigation or examination as the commissioner deems advisable, the commissioner finds that the applicant is in sound financial condition and is otherwise qualified, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a certificate of authority. If the commissioner does not so find, the commissioner shall deny issuance of the certificate of authority and notify the applicant in writing stating the reasons.

(d) The certificate of authority of a charitable organization issued under this chapter shall continue until suspended or revoked by the commissioner or terminated by the organization, subject to continuance each year by payment on or before March 1 of the continuance fee of one hundred dollars ($100) and filing of the annual report required under § 56-52-106.

(e) A person acting on behalf of a charitable organization to solicit the transfers of property in exchange for annuity payments as authorized under this chapter shall not be required to be licensed.

(f) The commissioner shall be authorized to exempt from this section any charitable organizations or classes of organizations that the commissioner finds inappropriate to include to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.