(a) If an authorized vehicle immobilization device operator is found to have violated § 47-18-3202 as part of a final judgment and the operator has no opportunity to appeal the judgment, then the attorney general and reporter shall send notice of the violation to each political subdivision that has authorized the operator to operate within its jurisdictional area.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-3205

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
  • operator: means a person authorized by a political subdivision of this state to be engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices within the jurisdictional area of the political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
  • Political subdivision: means a municipality, public corporation, body politic, authority, district, metropolitan government, county, or an agency, department, or board of such entities. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Vehicle immobilization device: means a mechanical device that is designed or adapted to be attached to a wheel, tire, or other part of a parked motor vehicle to prohibit the motor vehicle's usual manner of movement or operation. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
(b) Upon the receipt of notice from the attorney general and reporter that an operator has committed a third violation of § 47-18-3202, a political subdivision shall permanently revoke the operator’s authorization to engage in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices within the jurisdictional area of the political subdivision.
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