As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Obligee' means any person or entity to whom a residential ground rent is owed, including its successors and assigns;(2) 'Obligor' means one (1) or more individuals who are obligated to pay a residential ground rent, including their successors, sublessees or assigns;(3) 'Residential ground rent' means a rent or charge paid for the use of land, whether or not title thereto is transferred to the user, or a lease of land, for residential purposes:(A) Which is assignable by the obligor without the obligee's consent;(B) Which is for a term in excess of fifteen (15) years, including any rights of renewal at the option of the obligor;(C) Where the obligor has a present or future right to terminate such ground rent and to acquire the entire interest of the obligee in the land by the payment of a determined or determinable amount; and(D) Where the obligee's interest in the land is primarily a security interest to protect the obligee's right to be paid the rent or charge; and(4) 'Residential purposes' means any use of land wherein the owner and/or the occupant thereof resides, including, but not limited to, the following obligee's right to be paid the rent or charge; and(4) 'Residential purposes' means any use of land wherein the owner and/or the occupant thereof resides, including, but not limited to, the following uses: apartments, multi-family, single-family, duplexes and condominiums.Acts 1980, ch. 735, § 1; T.C.A., § 64-3002.
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