2010 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 50 - Uniform Classified and Commercial Driver License Act
Part 3 - Application, Examination, and Issuance
55-50-337 - Expiration of licenses.

55-50-337. Expiration of licenses.

(a)  Every driver license issued by the department, shall be issued for a period of five (5) years and shall expire on the licensee's birthdate, excluding Class P licenses, which shall expire one (1) year from the date of initial issuance. The commissioner is authorized to issue an initial license that shall remain valid for three (3) to seven (7) years in order that licensees would renew their licenses on their birth dates for ages that are divisible by five (5). If the applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age and is not applying for a Class P license, then the license shall expire on the applicant's twenty-first birthday. License fees due under § 55-50-323 shall be prorated to reflect the appropriate fee for a renewal cycle of greater or lesser length than five (5) years.

(b)  Photo identification cards or licenses issued to persons who have attained the age of sixty-five (65) shall not expire, but may be replaced at any time upon payment of the fee specified in § 55-50-323(a)(6).

(c)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, temporary licenses issued pursuant to § 55-50-331(g) shall be valid during the period of time specified in § 55-50-331(g).

(d)  Any person issued a license or permit prior to July 1, 2004, who is subject to § 55-50-331(g) shall, upon renewal or reapplication, receive, if otherwise eligible, a temporary license, which shall expire in accordance with § 55-50-331(g).

[Acts 1937, ch. 90, § 6; 1943, ch. 56, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 2715.14 (Williams, §§ 2715.19, 2715.19a); Acts 1955, ch. 114, § 4; 1967, ch. 97, § 1; 1967, ch. 370, § 1; 1969, ch. 176, §§ 1, 2; 1970, ch. 352, § 1; 1972, ch. 652, § 1; 1974, ch. 444, §§ 3, 4; 1974, ch. 748, § 31; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-707; Acts 1980, ch. 817, § 1; 1982, ch. 767, § 1; 1984, ch. 942, § 1; 1987, ch. 446, § 9; 1988, ch. 584, § 7; T.C.A., §§ 55-7-107, 55-7-337; Acts 1990, ch. 830, § 3; 1992, ch. 791, § 6; 2004, ch. 778, § 8; 2007, ch. 194, §§ 22, 23.]