Motor vehicle dealer’s license not required for person to sell motor vehicles to automotive dismantlers and recyclers or scrap metal dealers or processors

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-3-204, under Wrecked, Damaged, Dismantled, or Rebuilt Motor Vehicles.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-3-204

(1) A motor vehicle dealer's license shall not be required for a person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, as defined in § 55-17-102, or to registered scrap metal dealers or scrap metal processors, if:(1) The motor vehicle has been designated by the seller as a nonrepairable vehicle, whether or not such vehicle has been issued a nonrepairable vehicle certificate; and(2) The motor vehicle is being sold solely for recycling, dismantling, or scrap.

(1) The motor vehicle has been designated by the seller as a nonrepairable vehicle, whether or not such vehicle has been issued a nonrepairable vehicle certificate; and

(2) The motor vehicle is being sold solely for recycling, dismantling, or scrap.