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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 50 - Uniform Classified and Commercial Driver License Act
Part 5 - Suspension and Revocation
§ 55-50-512. Order of Suspension for a Conviction or Adjudication
Universal Citation: TN Code § 55-50-512 (2021)
- The trial judge of the court wherein a juvenile is convicted, or the judge of the juvenile court wherein a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, for committing an offense requiring a mandatory calendar year suspension from school as mandated by § 49-6-3401(g), or for an offense for suspension or expulsion authorized by § 49-6-3401(a) resulting in a one-year expulsion pursuant to § 49-6-3401(c)(4), may order the suspension of the juvenile's driver license until the juvenile reaches eighteen (18) years of age or up to a period of two (2) years from the date of the commission of the offense, whichever is later.
- Upon an order of suspension for a conviction or adjudication as required by subsection (a), the court shall require the surrender to the court of all operator's licenses then held by the juvenile so convicted or adjudicated delinquent, and the court upon receipt shall forward the licenses to the department together with a record of the conviction or adjudication, and may recommend the suspension of the operator's license of the person so convicted or adjudicated delinquent.
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