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Tennessee Statutes, Title 55

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Title 55, Motor and Other Vehicles

35 chapters · 988 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 55988 Ch 4, Registration and Licensing of Motor …191 Ch 8, Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the…120 Ch 10, Accidents, Crimes and Penalties97 Ch 50, Uniform Classified and Commercial Dr…80 Ch 12, Financial Responsibility69 Ch 17, Vehicle Sales Licenses50 Ch 9, Equipment — Lighting Regulations49 Ch 3, Certificates of Title40 Ch 5, Anti-Theft Provisions36 Ch 7, Size, Weight and Load28 Ch 1, Motor Vehicle Title and Registration Law26 Ch 21, Disabled Drivers and Passengers25 Ch 31, Modernization of Towing, Immobilizat…18 Ch 2, Administration by Department of Revenue15

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-206 Rules and regulations — Compliance with state license laws — Location for making application for plates — Waiver of county name requirement
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(a) The commissioner, or any other department commissioner designated with responsibility in this section, shall make rules and regulations as are necessary to require compliance with all state license laws relating to the use and operation of a motor vehicle before issuing cultu…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-207 Expiration and renewal
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(a) Notwithstanding § 55-4-104 or other provisions of part 1 of this chapter, all license plates issued under this part and certificates of registration shall not expire on March 31 of each year, but rather shall expire pursuant to subsection (b). (b) With respect to motor vehicl…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-208 Reimbursement of cost
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The cost of any registration plate that is provided without cost to an individual on account of employment, membership, or participation in any agency, department, organization, or governmental entity shall be reimbursed to the department by the agency, department, organization, …
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-209 Disabled drivers
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(a) Registration plates for disabled drivers shall be issued in accordance with this chapter and chapter 21 of this title. (b) (1) Persons who are eligible to purchase or receive a license plate or plates of distinctive design for disabled drivers pursuant to chapter 21 of this t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-210 Authorization — Issuance

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(a) The department is authorized to administratively issue personalized plates to qualified applicants; provided, that the minimum issuance requirements of § 55-4-202(b)(3) and all other requirements of this part are met. (b) The department is additionally authorized to administr…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-211 Computerization of applications and records

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The commissioner is urged to take the necessary steps to computerize applications for and records of the cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked plates, memorial plates and special purpose plates authorized by this part.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-212 Miscellaneous provisions

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(a) This subsection (a) shall apply to the issuance and renewal of the cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked plates authorized by this part, unless the section authorizing the issuance of an individual plate specifically provides otherwise:(1) The plates enume…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-213 Promotional campaign

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(a) To increase public knowledge of the availability of cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates, the department shall conduct a promotional campaign, which shall include, but not be limited to, the inclusion of applications for,…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-214 Personalized plates — Fees

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(a) (1) In addition to the personalized plates authorized by § 55-4-210, an applicant may, through the payment of a personalization fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), in addition to the regular registration fee and the thirty-five-dollar fee established by § 55-4-202(b)(2), obt…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-215 Allocation of revenue from personalized plates

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(a) Effective July 1, 1998, and for all subsequent fiscal years, all revenues produced from the sale or renewal of personalized plates and all revenues produced from the personalization of cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-216 Allocation of revenue from cultural plates

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(a) Effective July 1, 1998, and for all subsequent fiscal years, all revenues produced from the sale or renewal of cultural motor vehicle registration plates as defined in § 55-4-201, excluding personalized plates and the arts plates authorized by § 55-4-240, after deducting the …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-217 Allocation of revenue from cultural earmarked plates

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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, all revenues produced in each fiscal year from the sale or renewal of the cultural earmarked plates to support the arts authorized by § 55-4-240, minus the expense the state has incurred in manufacturing the plates, …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-218 Allocation of revenue from special purpose and memorial plates

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Effective July 1, 1998, and for all subsequent fiscal years, the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of special purpose motor vehicle registration plates and memorial motor vehicle registration plates as defined in § 55-4-201, after deducting the expense the department has…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-219 Governmental service

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(a) (1) (A) Upon the sworn statement from the head of any department of state government or the county mayor of any county, or the mayor or other executive head of any town or city, or upon certification of authorized officials of the United States government, or upon the sworn s…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-220 General assembly members

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(a) A member of the general assembly, complying with the title and registration law and upon payment of the regular license fee appropriate to the vehicle's design or use as prescribed in this chapter, plus payment of the additional fee provided for in § 55-4-204, shall be issued…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-221 Judiciary members

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(a) Registration plates for members of the judiciary shall be issued in accordance with this part. (b) Registration plates for judges of the state courts of record shall bear individual distinctive numbers, as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the administrative…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-222 Sheriffs

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An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is a duly elected sheriff, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, payment of the regular license fee for plates, as prescribed under § 55-…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-223 Emergency personnel

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(a) Registration plates issued under the emergency category pursuant to § 55-4-203(c)(1)(B)-(N) may be issued to persons included in the groups set out in this section, and in accordance with this part. (b) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-224 Firefighters

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is a member of a volunteer fire department or full-time firefighting unit, or another bona fide firefighter, including a paid, paid-on-call, or volunteer firefighter, or a bona fide retired firefigh…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-225 Amateur radio station licensees

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who holds an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station license issued by the federal communications commission may apply to the department, through the county clerk, for issuance of a speci…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-226 Manufacturers, dealers, and transporters of motor vehicles or boats

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(a) Registration plates issued under the dealer category may be issued to manufacturers, dealers, and transporters of motor vehicles or boats as provided for in this part. (b) (1) Any dealer owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this stat…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-227 OEM headquarters company

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(a) Registration plates issued under the OEM headquarters company category pursuant to § 55-4-203(a) may be issued to any OEM headquarters company for purposes of registering any OEM headquarters company vehicle. Eligible employees and eligible family members may operate an OEM h…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-228 Special purpose nonprofit organization plate

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(a) Any nonprofit organization owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this state with a regular vehicle registration may, through an authorized agent or employee, operate or move the vehicle upon any highway of the state without registerin…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-229 Legislator Emeritus

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(a) A member of the general assembly, or a former member of the general assembly, who is deemed by this section to have emeritus status after having served in the general assembly eight (8) or more years, upon complying with the title and registration law and upon payment of the …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-230 Tennessee Police Benevolent Association

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is certified as a member of the Tennessee Police Benevolent Association, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-231 Retired female firefighter

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(a) A distinctive license plate is authorized for any female who is a retired firefighter, if the female is currently a resident of this state, is otherwise qualified to register and license a motor vehicle pursuant to this title, and submits proof of former membership in a firef…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-232 Physician

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is licensed as a physician by the board of medical examiners under title 63, chapter 6, or by the board of osteopathic examination under title 63, chapter 9, upon complying with state motor vehicle …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-233 Retired Firefighter license plates

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(a) A distinctive license plate is authorized for any person who is a retired firefighter, if the person is currently a resident of this state, is otherwise qualified to register and license a motor vehicle pursuant to this title, and submits proof of former membership in a firef…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-240 Supporters of the arts

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, sha…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-241 Collegiate plates

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(a) Collegiate motor vehicle registration plates shall be the same size as regular passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle license plates and may be of the same color and design as regular license plates or may be of the colors and contain the logo or other distinctive design of th…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-242 Penn State University alumnus

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, sha…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-243 University of Florida alumnus

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, sha…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-244 University of Arkansas alumnus

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, sha…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-245 University of Mississippi alumnus

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, sha…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-250 Memorial registration plates

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Memorial registration plates shall be issued in accordance with this part and § 55-4-261 pertaining to former prisoners of war, § 55-4-258 pertaining to recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, § 55-4-259 pertaining to recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, Air For…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-251 Annual verification process for memorial registration plates and military registration plates

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(a) This section shall apply to memorial registration plates described in § 55-4-203(c)(4) and military registration plates described in § 55-4-203(c)(5)(G). (b) Each registration plate to which this section applies shall be subject to a verification process that shall occur annu…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-252 United States military – Active, retired and honorably discharged members – Military reserves

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(a) Registration plates are authorized for active, retired and honorably discharged members of the United States military and the United States military reserves in good standing. The plates are approved for display on motor vehicles that are authorized by § 55-4-210(c) and that …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-253 Honorably discharged veterans

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, or a civilian veteran of the United States army corps of engineers, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to reg…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-254 United States reserve forces

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(a) A member of the United States reserve forces shall be issued a registration plate, upon request, for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c), upon complying with the title and registration laws and paying the regular fee applicable to the vehicle and the additional fee pr…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-255 National guard members

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(a) Special purpose and distinctive license plates are authorized for active, retired and honorably discharged members of the Tennessee national guard in good standing. The plates are approved for display on motor vehicles authorized by § 55-4-210(c) that are owned and operated o…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-256 Disabled veterans

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(a) (1) The department shall provide and issue, free of charge, to each disabled veteran in this state, registration and license plates for any motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c) that is registered in the name of or leased by a disabled veteran, or by the disabled veteran …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-257 Holders of the Purple Heart

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(a) A holder of the Purple Heart shall be issued a special memorial registration plate upon request, upon complying with the title and registration law. (b) The special plates provided for in this section shall be issued in conformity with § 55-4-203, shall include an identificat…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-258 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department shall provide and issue, free of charge, to each resident of this state who is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, upon presentation of proper application, Medal of Honor memorial registration plates f…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-259 Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star (Valor), and Air Medal (Valor) recipients

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(a) The department shall provide and issue, free of charge, to each resident of this state who is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star (Valor), or the Air Medal (Valor…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-260 Bronze Star (Meritorious) and Air Medal (Meritorious) recipients

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(a) A recipient of the Bronze Star (Meritorious) or the Air Medal (Meritorious) who is a resident of this state and who is an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon paying …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-261 Former prisoners of war

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(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is a former prisoner of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War, or the surviving spouse of the former prisoner of war, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-262 Pearl Harbor survivors

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(a) A distinctive license plate is authorized for any person who was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and who was present at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, if the person is currently a resident of Tennessee, is the owner of a motor vehicle or motor hom…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-263 Enemy evadees

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(a) (1) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is an “enemy evadee” certified as such by the department of veterans services, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon payi…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-264 Gold star family

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(a) The department, or any other department or agency of the state having jurisdiction, shall provide and issue, free of charge, to each eligible person in the state whose spouse, parent, sibling, or child served and died in the line of duty in the armed forces of the United Stat…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-265 Blue Star family

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(a) The department shall issue to each eligible person in the state whose spouse, parent, sibling or child is serving in the armed forces of the United States at the time of application, a blue star family military license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c), up…