Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-11-101 (2026)

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This chapter may be cited as the "Retail Installment Sales Act."

Acts 1961, ch. 110, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 47-1901.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1980–1999 · leading case: McLemore v. Simpson Cnty. Bank (In Re Krulik), 6 B.R. 443 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1980).
McLemore v. Simpson Cnty. Bank (In Re Krulik), 6 B.R. 443 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1980). · cites it 2× “There is no such provision either in the October 28 agreement or in the Tennessee Retail Installment Sales Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-11-101 et seq. (1979).”
Int'l Harvester Credit Corp. v. Hill, 496 F. Supp. 329 (M.D. Tenn. 1980). · cites it 2× “As the official comments to this section indicate, “Under subsection (1) such clauses [waiver of defenses] in a security agreement are validated outside the consumer field .”
Westside Health & Raquet Club, Inc. v. Jefferson Fin. Servs., Inc., 19 S.W.3d 796 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “The issue that we will focus on can be stated thusly: Does the Retail Installment Sales Act, T.C.A. § 47-11-101, et seq., (“the Act”) operate to exempt the dealings between these parties from Tennessee’s usury statutes? I.”
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