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Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-247-201
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48-247-201. Powers. The secretary of state has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by chapters 201-248 of this title, including, without limitation, the power to promulgate necessary and appropriate rules and regulations consistent with chapters 201-248 of this title, and the power to destroy any records in the secretary of state's office concerning a domestic or foreign LLC ten (10) years after such LLC has dissolved, withdrawn from the state, or has had its certificate of authority revoked. Acts 1994, ch. 868, § 1.
Source: Tennessee Code (state release 76 via Public.Resource.Org) + public chapters (Tennessee Secretary of State)URL: https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.48.htmlFetched: 10/24/2026

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