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§ 62-6-604. Payments and deposits -- Emergency repairs.

TN Code § 62-6-604 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) No residential roofing services provider shall require any payments from a person pursuant to a contract until the person has received written notice from the insurer that the contract or claim is fully covered or the three-day cancellation period required pursuant to this part has expired.

(b) Within ten (10) business days after a person cancels a contract in accordance with this part, the residential roofing services provider shall tender to the:

(1) Payor any payments, partial payments, or deposits made to the residential roofing services provider except those made pursuant to subsection (c); and

(2) Person any note or other evidence of the person's indebtedness to the residential roofing services provider except indebtedness incurred pursuant to subsection (c).

(c)

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the residential roofing services provider has made any emergency repairs, acknowledged by the contracting person in writing to be necessary to prevent damage to the residential real estate, then the residential roofing services provider shall be entitled to collect the amount due from the person for the emergency repairs at the time the repairs are rendered. Any provision in a contract that requires the payment of any fee for any good or service except those provided in relation to emergency repairs shall not be enforceable against any person who has canceled a contract in accordance with this part.

(2) No residential roofing services provider shall misrepresent that emergency repairs are necessary to prevent damage to the residential real estate owned or possessed by such person.

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§ 62-6-604. Payments and deposits -- Emergency repairs.