2016 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 16 - Unclaimed or Abandoned Vehicles
§ 55-16-101. Report of unclaimed vehicles -- Unclaimed vehicles on residential property.

TN Code § 55-16-101 (2016) What's This?

(a) Whenever a motor vehicle has been stored, parked or left in a garage, trailer park, or any type of storage or parking lot for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days, the owner of the garage, trailer park or lot shall report in writing the make, motor number, vehicle identification number, and serial number of the motor vehicle to the department of revenue.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall apply where the owner of the motor vehicle so parked or stored is personally known to the owner or operator of the garage, trailer park, storage or parking lot and where the motor vehicle owner has made arrangements for the parking or storing of the motor vehicle for a longer period of time than thirty (30) days.

(c) Nothing in this chapter applies to unclaimed, abandoned or illegally parked vehicles located on or about the premises of real property that has been leased or rented for residential purposes.

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