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§ 45-2-901. Part definitions.

TN Code § 45-2-901 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) “Agent” means any person duly authorized in writing by a lessee to enter a safe deposit box rented by the lessee, whether the person be denominated as “agent,” “deputy,” “attorney-in-fact,” or otherwise. The agent's authority shall be established and shall continue until revoked, both in accordance with § 45-2-707;

(2) “Fiduciary” means trustee, agent, executor, administrator, committee, guardian or conservator for a minor or other incompetent person, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for creditors or any holders of a similar position of trust;

(3) “Lessee” means a person contracting with a lessor for the use of a safe deposit box;

(4) “Lessor” means a bank or subsidiary corporation of a bank renting safe deposit facilities, and includes a safe deposit company organized and operating under the jurisdiction of the department solely for the purpose of leasing safe deposit facilities; and

(5) “Safe deposit box” means a safe deposit box, vault, or other safe deposit receptacle maintained by a lessor and the rules relating thereto apply to property or documents kept in safekeeping in the bank's vault.

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