2020 Tennessee Code
Title 57 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 3 - Local Option—traffic in Intoxicating Liquors
Part 2 - Licenses and Fees
§ 57-3-212. Transfer of Permits Restricted. [Effective Until July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective on July 1, 2021.]

Universal Citation: TN Code § 57-3-212 (2020)
  1. The holder of a license may not sell, assign, or transfer such license to any other person other than to a person that the commission has approved pursuant to § 57-3-204. Any license issued or approved for transfer shall be good and valid only for the twelve (12) months after the same was issued or approved for transfer by the commission. The license proposed to be transferred may be for the same location or, with commission approval, transferred from one (1) location to another location.
  2. Licensees who are serving in the military forces of the United States in time of war may appoint an agent to operate under the license of the licensee during the absence of the licensee. In such instances, the license shall continue to be carried and renewed in the name of the owner. The agent of the licensee shall conform to all the requirements of a licensee under this chapter, including the furnishing of a certificate as provided under § 57-3-208. No person who is ineligible to obtain a license under this chapter shall be eligible to serve as the agent of a licensee under this section.
  3. Except as expressly authorized, there shall be no transfer of any permit from the holder thereof to another, nor, except in special instances to be fixed by rule or regulation of the commission, any transfer thereof from one (1) location to another.
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