(a) Whenever the commissioner of safety, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person by reason of a conviction, then the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue suspend or revoke all registrations in the name of that person and those registrations shall be suspended or revoked immediately; provided, that the registrations in the name of that person shall not be suspended, unless otherwise required by law, if that person has previously given or shall immediately give and shall maintain for three (3) years, proof of financial responsibility.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-12-114

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of safety, unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Judgment: means any judgment that shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • License: means any license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary license issued under the laws of this state, or any other state, pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles within this state. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Motor vehicle: means every self-propelled vehicle that is designed for use upon the highway, including trailers and semitrailers designed for use with motor vehicles, and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails, except traction engines, road rollers and farm tractors. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle, or in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee, lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this part. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Registration: means a registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • State: means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(b) Prior to the issuance of a restricted license as authorized by §§ 55-10-409, jurisdiction prohibited – Appeal” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2021″ statecd=”TN” title=”55″>55-50-502 and 55-50-505, the licensee shall give and maintain for the duration of the license’s suspension or revocation proof of financial responsibility as required by § 55-12-126.
(c) When the person’s license or registrations or both license and registrations are restored after suspension or revocation, the person shall give and shall maintain for three (3) years proof of financial responsibility as required by § 55-12-126, pay a one hundred-dollar restoration fee and pass the driver license examination as a condition precedent to the restoration of the license. Any person convicted of driving on a revoked license pursuant to § 55-50-504, when the original suspension or revocation was made for a violation of an offense not requiring mandatory revocation, shall pay a sixty-five-dollar restoration fee. Upon restoration of a person’s license, the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue reinstate the motor vehicle owner‘s registration and, upon payment to the commissioner of revenue of the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112 or § 55-4-113, that registration shall be reinstated immediately.
(d) At any time after five (5) years from the date of revocation, the department of safety may, in its own discretion, or upon request of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility, release the requirement of that proof, if the records of the department of safety establish that the person, during the preceding five-year period, has not been convicted of any offense authorizing or requiring the suspension or revocation of a license or registration by the department of safety or by the department of revenue, and has not suffered suspension, revocation, prohibition, or cancellation of license as ordered by the department of safety or by a court. If the department of safety, pursuant to this subsection (d), releases the requirement that a person furnish proof of financial responsibility, and if that person’s motor vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked due to failure to furnish that proof, then the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue reinstate the motor vehicle owner’s registration and, upon payment of the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees to the commissioner of revenue provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112 or § 55-4-113, the registration shall be reinstated immediately. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, this subsection (d) shall not apply if there is an unsatisfied judgment based on a motor vehicle accident.
(e) A Tennessee resident who moves to another state during the period of any cancellation, suspension, or revocation in this state shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section when certification is received by the department that financial responsibility laws have been met in the new state, and upon meeting all other requirements and conditions for reinstatement of driving privileges in this state. If the person returns to this state as a legal Tennessee resident and reapplies for a Tennessee driver license, the requirements for regaining driving privileges shall be the same as any other Tennessee resident.
(f) When any driver licensed in another state applies for a Tennessee driver license, and a cancellation, suspension, or revocation action from the former state is in effect, the department, upon compliance with provisions of this title, may issue a Tennessee driver license to the driver as if the original action had been taken in this state.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Part 1 Contents