Tenn. Code § 56-35-106
Whenever any title insurance company has made the deposit of money or securities, as required by this chapter, or, if a foreign title insurance company, has duly filed the certificate referred to in § 56-35-112 and satisfied the commissioner that it has on deposit with the proper officer of some other state cash or authorized securities, which, when added to any sums so deposited in this state, are sufficient to meet the deposit requirements of § 56-35-112, submitted satisfactory evidence to the commissioner that it has complied with this chapter, and paid a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for issuance of a certificate to do business, then the commissioner shall issue a certificate renewable July 1 of each year, reciting that the insurer has complied with the title insurance law of this state and is authorized to do a title insurance business in this state.
T.C.A. § 56-35-106