tangible personal property

tangible personal property
Personal property that can be felt or touched. Examples include furniture, cars, jewelry, and artwork. In contrast, cash and checking accounts are not tangible personal property. The law is unsettled as to whether computer data is tangible personal property. Compare: intangible property
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

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