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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. § 55-6-101 Fees due department for specified services
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(a) The following fees are due to the department of revenue with regard to services pertaining to the titling and registration of motor vehicles:(1) For issuing a certificate of title there shall be collected, in addition to the registration fee, a sum of five dollars and fifty c…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-102 Fees returnable — Causes
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(a) Whenever any application to the department or any county clerk is accompanied by any fee as required by law, and the application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. (b) Whenever the department, or any county clerk of the state, through error, c…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-103 Disposition of fees
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(a) All fees collected by the department by the terms of this chapter and chapter 2 of this title shall be for the benefit of the state and the same when so collected shall be deposited by the commissioner with the state treasurer and shall become a part of the general funds of t…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-104 Fees due county clerk for specified duties
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(a) The county clerks, as deputies to the registrar of motor vehicles, shall, upon the performance of the duties that the registrar prescribes under the laws governing the titling and licensing of vehicles and upon complying with the requirements of this chapter, be entitled to t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-105 Duties of county clerk — Penalties for delinquencies

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(a) In addition to the powers and duties heretofore devolved upon the county clerk, it is the clerk's duty to:(1) Ascertain the names of the owners of all vehicles required to be registered by the terms of chapters 1-6 of this title in the clerk's county, and issue distress warra…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-106 Reports by department to state treasurer — Remission of moneys

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The department on or before the tenth day of each month, shall report and remit to the state treasurer all moneys so received during the preceding month by the department from the county clerks without any deduction on account of salaries, fees, costs, expenses, or claims, of any…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-107 Distribution and expenditure of funds

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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in § 55-4-116(d), the proceeds of the taxes levied by chapter 4 of this title shall be apportioned by a distribution of ninety-eight percent (98%) thereof to the highway fund and two percent (2%) thereof to the general fund. The funding board …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-108 Fines and penalties — Transmittal and expenditure — Enforcement of collection

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(a) All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds imposed or collected under chapters 1-6 of this title shall be paid over immediately after receipt thereof to the commissioner, with an accompanying statement setting forth the action or proceedings in which these moneys were coll…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-109 Transfer of registration of title acquired as a result of death of spouse

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Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding in chapters 1-6 of this title, no fee, charge, or other cost shall be charged or assessed against any person who acquires title to a motor vehicle as a result of the death of the spouse of this person, if application to transfer owner…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-6-110 No fee, charge or other cost to be charged or assessed against OEM headquarters company vehicle titling or registration

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Notwithstanding chapters 1-6 of this title to the contrary, no fee, charge or other cost otherwise applicable under chapters 1-6 of this title shall be charged or assessed against any OEM headquarters company in connection with the titling or registration of any OEM headquarters …