# Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-9-109: Authentication of documents - Petitions and exhibitions - Cost of reproducing records

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-9-109
- **Heading:** Authentication of documents - Petitions and exhibitions - Cost of reproducing records
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Section 56-9-109

## Text

(a) The receivership court shall receive as self-authenticated any of the following when offered by the commissioner: (1) Certified copies of the financial statements made by the insurer; and (2) Certified copies of examination reports of the insurer made by or on behalf of the commissioner. (b) The receiver has the authority to certify to the correctness of any paper, document or record of the office of the receiver and to make certificates of the receiver certifying any fact contained in the papers, documents or records of the office of the receiver; and the same shall be received in evidence in all cases in which the original would be evidence. (c) At any receivership hearing or proceeding, the verified petition and exhibits filed therewith shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained. (d) The appointment of the commissioner as receiver shall in no way operate to bring records of a delinquent insurer under § 10-7-503 . If a third party successfully pursues a records request in the receivership court, the receiver shall be reimbursed for the reasonable cost of producing the records. Acts 1999, ch. 348, § 1.
(a) The receivership court shall receive as self-authenticated any of the following when offered by the commissioner: (1) Certified copies of the financial statements made by the insurer; and (2) Certified copies of examination reports of the insurer made by or on behalf of the commissioner.
(1) Certified copies of the financial statements made by the insurer; and
(2) Certified copies of examination reports of the insurer made by or on behalf of the commissioner.
(b) The receiver has the authority to certify to the correctness of any paper, document or record of the office of the receiver and to make certificates of the receiver certifying any fact contained in the papers, documents or records of the office of the receiver; and the same shall be received in evidence in all cases in which the original would be evidence.
(c) At any receivership hearing or proceeding, the verified petition and exhibits filed therewith shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
(d) The appointment of the commissioner as receiver shall in no way operate to bring records of a delinquent insurer under § 10-7-503 . If a third party successfully pursues a records request in the receivership court, the receiver shall be reimbursed for the reasonable cost of producing the records.
Acts 1999, ch. 348, § 1.

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