Section 45-3-503 - Nature of deposit accounts(a)Ownership. Deposit accounts may be opened by any person and held solely and absolutely in the person's own right, or jointly by, or in trust or other fiduciary capacity for, any person or persons, including, but not limited to, an adult or minor individual, male, female, single or married, partnership, association, fiduciary, corporation, political subdivision or any governmental, public or quasi-public entity specifically referred to in § 9-1-107.(b)Transfer of Accounts. Deposit accounts shall be represented only by the account of each depositor on the books of the association, and the accounts or any interest in the accounts shall be transferable only on the books of the association upon proper application by the transferor or transferee and upon acceptance by the association of the transferee as a depositor upon terms approved by the board of directors. The association may treat the holder of record of a deposit account as the owner of the account for all purposes without being affected by any notice to the contrary unless the association has acknowledged, in writing, notice of a pledge or other transfer of the deposit account.(c)Deposit Account Contract. Subject to the prior approval by the commissioner of the form of each type of deposit account contract, each depositor shall execute a deposit account contract setting forth any special terms and provisions applicable to the deposit account and the ownership of the account and the conditions upon which withdrawals may be made. The contracts shall be held by the association as part of its records pertaining to the account, and a copy of the contract shall be furnished to the depositor.(d)Evidence of Ownership. An association shall issue evidence of accounts that the commissioner may authorize.(e)Inducements. For the opening or increasing of any deposit account, no association shall, directly or indirectly, give, sell, dispose of, or otherwise advertise or permit the giving, selling, or disposition of, for any one (1) opening or increase, anything having a cost or value in excess of amounts permitted with respect to federal associations by applicable federal law and regulation, but inducement shall be allowed to the extent permitted to federal associations under the applicable federal law and regulation.Acts 1978, ch. 708, § 2.03; T.C.A., § 45-1403.