2010 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 12 - Financial Responsibility Law
55-12-140 - Renewal of vehicle registration.

55-12-140. Renewal of vehicle registration.

(a)  The record of conviction of an offense under § 55-12-139(c) shall be promptly transmitted to the department of safety. For any such conviction occurring after July 1, 2009, upon request by the commissioner of safety, the commissioner of revenue shall not issue a renewal of registration for any vehicle for which evidence of financial responsibility is required under § 55-12-139 until the person who was convicted of violating § 55-12-139(c) furnishes proof of financial responsibility as defined in § 55-12-139(b).

(b)  This section shall not apply to any person who was in compliance with this chapter, at the time of the citation under § 55-12-139(c) but was unable to produce evidence of compliance at the time of the citation.

[Acts 2001, ch. 292, § 9; 2007, ch. 484, § 93; 2008, ch. 1169, § 2; 2009, ch. 441, § 2.]  

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