Tennessee Code Title 67. Taxes and Licenses § 67-4-106

(a) If any two (2) or more persons shall associate in any partnership or company, except incorporated companies, to engage in any mercantile or other business requiring a license, it shall be necessary, in order to obtain such license, to have the names of each and every member of the partnership or company written on the face of such license, a copy of which shall be retained by the clerk, in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be open to all persons desiring to inspect it.

(b) Any company or copartnership, except incorporated companies, that is engaged in any mercantile or other such business, shall, in order to have such license renewed, have the names of each and every member of such company or copartnership written on the face of such renewed license, a copy of which shall be retained by the clerk for inspection, as provided in subsection (a).