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2014 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 4 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
Part 1 - General Provisions
- § 55-4-101 - Registration required before operation -- Application -- Issuance of registration and license plates -- Rules and regulations -- Temporary permit -- Transfer of registration when changing vehicles -- Fees -- Safety rules for homemade trailers.
- § 55-4-102 - Forms for certificates of registration furnished by department -- Contents.
- § 55-4-103 - Registration plates furnished by department -- Form and contents -- Size -- Replacement plates -- Reissue of plates -- County name strip -- Recycling of plates.
- § 55-4-104 - Expiration of certificates and plates -- Renewal -- Decals -- Fees -- Renewal of special plates.
- § 55-4-105 - Renewal certificates and registration plates -- Application -- Mail order service -- Issuance -- Replacement of lost registrations -- Locations for obtaining renewal.
- § 55-4-106 - Registration indexes -- Manner of keeping.
- § 55-4-107 - Lost, mutilated or illegible certificates -- Replacement -- Fee.
- § 55-4-108 - Signing registration certificate -- Carried in vehicle or on driver's person -- Display -- Exception.
- § 55-4-109 - Number of plates -- Issuance.
- § 55-4-110 - Display of registration plates -- Manner -- Penalty for violation.
- § 55-4-111 - Registration fees -- Classification of vehicles -- Registration taxes.
- § 55-4-112 - Registration fees for private and commercial motor vehicles operating for hire and transporting passengers -- Fees deemed additional to certain registration fees.
- § 55-4-113 - Registration taxes for freight motor vehicles.
- § 55-4-114 - Maximum gross weight and ownership displayed on certain vehicles.
- § 55-4-115 - "Temporary operation permits," "trip permit" and "temporary trailer permit" defined -- Issuance -- Fees.
- ยง 55-4-116 - [Reserved.]
- § 55-4-117 - Registration fees for dealers, manufacturers and transporters -- Dealer plates for use on trucks -- Lost plates.
- § 55-4-118 - Transfer of registered vehicle by owner -- Death of owner.
- § 55-4-119 - Transfer by operation of law.
- § 55-4-120 - Limited exemption of nonresident owners from registration -- Registration required when transporting for hire.
- § 55-4-121 - Reciprocal agreements concerning nonresidents.
- § 55-4-122 - Interstate carriers -- Registration costs -- Regulations -- Special handling fee.
- § 55-4-123 - Rental trucks and truck tractors -- Registration -- Special handling fee.
- § 55-4-124 - Registration of vehicles hauling certain materials.
- § 55-4-125 - Implementation of passenger motor vehicle registration or wheel tax incentive for participation in college savings plans.
- § 55-4-126 - Permit fees designated for highway maintenance -- Effect of loss of federal funds.
- § 55-4-127 - Exemptions for volunteer first aid or rescue squad vehicles.
- § 55-4-128 - Emissions test grace period -- Waiver.
- § 55-4-129 - Unlawful removal of registration decal or plate.
- § 55-4-130 - Applicability -- Passage -- Purchasing -- Inspection and maintenance programs -- Contracts -- Remote sensing devices.
- § 55-4-131 - Notice of change of address.
- § 55-4-132 - Funding for computerized titling and registration system.
- § 55-4-133 - Used oil collection and recycling.
- § 55-4-134 - Replica license plates.
- § 55-4-135 - Registration of vehicles by owners performing full-time service in the military.
- § 55-4-136 - Registration of medium speed vehicles.
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