# Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-106: Control of electronic document of title > Tennessee · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-106 ## Section - **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-106 - **Heading:** Control of electronic document of title - **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TN Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 47-7-106 ## Text (a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred. (b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian; (4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control; (5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized. Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 1. (a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred. (b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian; (4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control; (5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized. (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b)(4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as: (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (A) The person to which the document was issued; or (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred; (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian; (4) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control; (5) Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized. Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 1. ## Nearby sections - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-101 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-101.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-102 Chapter definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-102.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-103 Relation of chapter to treaty or statute](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-103.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-104.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-105 Reissuance in alternative medium](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-105.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-106 Control of electronic document of title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-106.md) - [Tenn. 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Code Ann. § 47-7-207 Goods must be kept separate - Fungible goods](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-207.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-7-208 Altered warehouse receipts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-208.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C7_S47-7-106. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.