I remember someone somewhere way back posting links to different sites dealing with state's tenant/landlord laws. Since you are not a tenant yet, I'm not sure if this would require something different. But state laws vary to the degree to which it favors the landlord over the tenant. Here a place to get you started and hopefully find an answer:
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Date: 2008-07-17 11:28 pm (UTC)http://www.federal-services.com/laws/tnstatelaw.html
http://www.uslandlord.com/laws/tn.html