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This bill updates Tennessee's bail bonding regulations to explicitly allow professional bondsmen to issue and retain receipts in digital format, amending existing law in Title 40, Chapter 11. Specifically, the bill modifies Section 40-11-304(a) to replace language requiring bondsmen to "furnish a receipt" with "furnish a written or digital receipt" and to replace the requirement to "keep a duplicate copy of every receipt" with "keep a duplicate written or digital copy of every receipt". This change modernizes the state's legal framework by recognizing digital documentation as equivalent to physical paper records in the bail bonding process. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, giving bondsmen and legal systems time to adapt to the new digital documentation provisions. By allowing digital receipts, the bill aims to streamline record-keeping for professional bondsmen while maintaining the same legal standards for documenting financial transactions related to bail bonds.

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