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TN Code § 54-20-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-103. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Automobile graveyard” means any establishment or place of business that is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. Ten (10) or more of those vehicles constitute an automobile graveyard;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of transportation;   “Department” means the department of transportation;   “Interstate system” means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department of transportation and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to title 23 of the United States Code;   “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts of junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;    “Junkyard” means an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. “Junkyard” includes scrap metal processors, used auto parts yards, yards providing temporary storage of automobile bodies or parts awaiting disposal as a normal part of the business operation, when the business will continually have like materials located on the premises, garbage dumps and sanitary landfills;   “Junkyard” does not include a recycling center;     “Main traveled way” means the traveled way of a highway on which through traffic is carried. In case of a divided highway, the traveled way of each of the separated roadways for traffic in opposite directions is a main traveled way. “Main traveled way” does not include such facilities as frontage roads, turning roadways, or parking areas;   “Primary system” means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Tennessee department of transportation, and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to title 23 of the United States Code; and   “Recycling center” means an establishment, place of business, facility or building that is maintained, operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying or selling of newspaper or used food or beverage containers for the purpose of converting those items into a usable product.  Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1967, ch. 304, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; Acts 1974, ch. 720, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-2303; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1981, ch. 432, § 1.
TN Code § 54-20-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-104. Restrictions as to Location Along Certain Highways

 No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet (1,000') of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following:   Those that are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight;   Those located within areas that are zoned for industrial use under authority of law;   Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the commissioner; and   Those that are not visible from the main traveled way of the system.
TN Code § 54-20-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-105. Screening by Department of Transportation

 Any junkyard lawfully in existence on October 1, 1969, that is within one thousand feet (1,000') of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system, shall be screened, if feasible, by the department at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for those purposes outside the right-of-way, so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the highways, and the operator shall pay the cost of installation. The commissioner is authorized to seek federal aid funds available for the purpose of screening to help defray the operation cost.
TN Code § 54-20-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-106. Rulemaking Power of Commissioner

 The commissioner is given the authority to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations required to carry out this part and 23 U.S.C. § 136, and to define those types of materials suitable for screening.
TN Code § 54-20-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-107. Acquisition of Interests in Lands — Removal — Screening

  Whenever the department determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of the junkyards, or the screening of the junkyards would not be economically feasible, the department shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation interests in lands as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal of the junkyards, and to pay for the costs of the relocation, removal, or disposal.   When the department determines that it is in the best interest of the state, it may acquire lands, or interests in lands, as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of the junkyards.
TN Code § 54-20-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-108. Nuisance — Injunction

  The department may apply to any court in the county in which the junkyards are located for an injunction to abate the nuisance.   The district attorneys general are authorized to assist the department in the enforcement of this part.
TN Code § 54-20-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-109. More Restrictive Law Unaffected

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or affect any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution that is more restrictive than this part.
TN Code § 54-20-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-110. Agreements With Federal Government Authorized

 The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of transportation as provided by title 23 of the United States Code relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of the agreement.
TN Code § 54-20-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-113. Unlawful Locations of Vehicle Junkyards — Local Regulation

  It is unlawful for any junkyard located within one thousand feet (1,000') of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway to operate without a junkyard control permit, which permits are authorized to be issued by the commissioner.   Permits shall be valid for the fiscal year for which issued and shall be subject to renewal from year to year.   Each application for an original or renewal permit shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), which is not subject to either proration or refund.   All fees shall be deposited to the highway fund for the administration of this section.
TN Code § 54-20-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-122. Local Regulation of Junkyards

  Nothing contained in this part shall be construed as prohibiting the legislative authority of cities and towns from regulating junkyards within their respective jurisdictions; provided, that the rules or regulations are at least as stringent as those promulgated pursuant to the authority contained in this part.   Any metropolitan, city or county rule, regulation, ordinance or zoning provision that regulates, prohibits or controls junkyards or scrapyards shall not be construed to apply to, include, prohibit, or regulate recycling centers, as defined in § 54-20-103.
TN Code § 54-20-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-123. Applicability of Part

  All provisions of this part, except § 54-20-113, shall apply to automotive dismantlers and recyclers, as defined in § 55-17-102, that are licensed pursuant to §§ 55-17-109(b) and 55-17-112.   It is the express legislative intent that this part not include a city street unless the city street is also a state or federal highway.   This part shall not apply to any solid waste processing facility or disposal facility or site that is registered in accordance with § 68-211-106.   Any person who operates an established place of business licensed pursuant to § 55-17-102 to sell used cars or parts and engages in the business of automotive dismantling or recycling, as defined in § 55-17-102, without the license required pursuant to § 55-17-109(b) shall be considered in violation of this part.
TN Code § 54-20-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967|§ 54-20-124. Violations — Penalty

  Any person who establishes, operates or maintains a junkyard, or who fails to obtain a permit, contrary to this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Each day's subsequent violation constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 54-20-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards|§ 54-20-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Automobile graveyard” means any lot or place that is exposed to the weather and upon which more than five (5) motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, and that it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found; and   “Automobile graveyard” or “automobile junkyard” is not to be construed to mean an establishment having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap and whose principal produce is scrap iron, steel or nonferrous scrap for sale for remelting purposes only.
TN Code § 54-20-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards|§ 54-20-202. Limitation on Establishment — Exception

  No automobile graveyard shall hereafter be established within five hundred feet (500') of any state highway in this state, nor shall any automobile graveyard hereafter be established within one thousand feet (1,000') of any state highway in this state designated as a United States route by the American Association of State Highway Officials as through routes where official signs designating the highway have been erected indicating the highway to be a United States numbered highway.   This added restriction on the establishment of automobile graveyards located in relation to the United States numbered routes shall not apply in any case in which the land on which the automobile graveyard is to be established has been specifically designated or zoned for automobile graveyards by the governing body of the county or city in which it is proposed to be established.
TN Code § 54-20-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards|§ 54-20-203. Fence or Hedge Required

  Any person who maintains an automobile graveyard, any part of which is within five hundred feet (500') of any state highway, shall erect and maintain a fence or hedge around the automobile graveyard.   The fence or hedge shall be at least six feet (6') high and sufficient to conceal the automobile graveyard from the view of a person standing at the same level as the graveyard; provided, that no fence or hedge shall be required where erection of the fence or hedge would not effectively conceal a substantial portion of the automobile graveyard from the view of a person on the highway.
TN Code § 54-20-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards|§ 54-20-204. Responsibility for Removal of Graveyard

 If any automobile graveyard is located within the limitations fixed in § 54-20-202 to any state highway, the automobile graveyard is not operated as a business by anyone, is not used for any purpose whatsoever, and no one claims ownership of the automobile graveyard, then the owner or owners of the land on which the automobile graveyard is located shall be responsible for the removal of the automobile graveyard.
TN Code § 54-20-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards|Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards|§ 54-20-205. Enforcement of Provisions — Violation a Misdemeanor

  Any citizen of this state may obtain a warrant for the arrest of anyone violating this part, but it is declared to be a specific duty for the members of the Tennessee highway patrol to enforce this part.   A person violating any provision of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Each day's subsequent violation constitutes a separate offense.   In the case of automobile graveyards established prior to March 26, 1965, the owners or operators of the automobile graveyard shall have a reasonable and necessary period of time in which to comply with this part.
TN Code § 55-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-102. Driving or Moving Unregistered Vehicle Upon Highway a Misdemeanor — Exception

   It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to:  Drive or move or for any owner knowingly to permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle of a type required to be registered under Chapters 1 6 of this title that is not registered or for which the appropriate fee has not been paid when and as required under Chapters 1 6 of this title; or   Operate or for any owner knowingly to permit to be operated on lands, other than a highway, an off-highway motor vehicle for which certificate of title has not been issued or for which the appropriate fee has not been paid when and as required under Chapters 1 6 of this title.     Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1)(A) and (B), when application accompanied by proper fee has been made for a certificate of title for a vehicle, the vehicle may be operated temporarily pending issuance of a certificate of title upon displaying a duplicate application for the certificate of title, duly verified by the county clerk of the county in which the vehicle has been registered, which shall be prepared by the county clerk, upon request, without the payment of an additional fee.      It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to occupy or for any owner knowingly to permit to be occupied any mobile home or house trailer required to be registered under Chapters 1 6 of this title, that is not registered, for which certificate of title has not been issued or for which the appropriate fee has not been paid when and as required under Chapters 1 6 of this title.   Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), when an application accompanied by proper fee has been made for a certificate of title for a mobile home or house trailer, the mobile home or house trailer may be occupied temporarily pending issuance of a certificate of title upon the displaying of a duplicate application for the certificate of title, duly verified by the county clerk of the county in which the house trailer has been registered, which shall be prepared by the county clerk, upon request, without the payment of an additional fee.     The duly authorized agent, employee, or representative of any town, city, incorporated municipality, county, and the department are authorized and empowered to enforce Chapters 1 6 of this title, and the agent, employee or representative shall be expressly authorized without the necessity of a search warrant to go upon the premises, land or real property of any person for the purpose of inspection or examination of any mobile home or house trailer, located on the property, for the purpose of carrying out Chapters 1 6 of this title.
TN Code § 55-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-104. Application for Certificate of Title for Specially Constructed, Reconstructed or Foreign Vehicles

  In the event a vehicle for which an application for a certificate of title is made is a specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicle, this fact shall be stated in the application and with reference to every foreign vehicle that has been registered outside of this state, the owner shall surrender to the county clerk receiving the application all registration plates, registration cards, certificates of title, and other evidence of foreign registration and ownership as may be in the possession or under the control of the owner.   Any foreign certificate of title shall be accepted as evidence of title by the department to the same extent as a certificate of title issued by the department; provided, that when the foreign vehicle is registered in a jurisdiction that does not have a certificate of title law, the department shall accept only a notarized bill of sale, and proper foreign registration as the evidence of title. If foreign registration is dated less than ninety (90) days prior to application for a certificate of title, there shall be, in addition, the next past bill of sale showing ownership to have been transferred to the party seeking to sell the same, or that party's representative, which bill of sale shall likewise be notarized.
TN Code § 55-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-105. Sales or Use Tax Receipt to Accompany Application for Certificate of Title

 It is unlawful for a county clerk to accept an application for a certificate of title as provided for in Chapters 1 6 of this title, unless the applicant presents evidence that a sales or use tax at the rate specified in title 67, chapter 6, part 2 and § 67-6-501 has been paid on the sales price of the vehicle by the applicant, or the applicant has authority from the commissioner to file an application for a certificate of title without the payment of the sales or use tax.
TN Code § 55-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-106. Inapplicable to Vehicles Exempt From Sales or Use Tax

 Section 55-3-105 does not apply to applications filed for motor vehicles belonging to the United States, the state of Tennessee, or any of its political subdivisions, or to any nonprofit institution exempt from the payment of the sales or use tax under title 67, chapter 6, part 3; provided, that a nonprofit institution shall present its regular certificate of exemption, issued by the commissioner, to the county clerk for inspection as its evidence of exemption from the payment of the sales or use tax and this section, §§ 55-3-105 — 55-3-109.
TN Code § 55-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-107. Certificate Issued for Use in Lieu of Sales or Use Tax Receipt

 Except as indicated in § 55-3-106, the commissioner shall issue a certificate to an applicant, which may be used by the applicant to file an application for a certificate of title when it appears that the applicant is not required to pay any sales or use tax on any motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is necessary, as provided for in Chapters 1 6 of this title.
TN Code § 55-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-108. False Indication of Payment of Sales or Use Tax Prohibited

 It is unlawful for any person to alter or to indicate on any bill of sale or any other documents that a sales or use tax has been paid when the tax has in fact not been paid.
TN Code § 55-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-109. Penalty for Violation of Sale or Use Tax Provisions

 A violation of §§ 55-3-105 — 55-3-108 is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-110. Determination That Vehicle Is Not Stolen

 Prior to the issuance of a certificate of title for a motor vehicle, the department shall determine, by computer or otherwise, if the vehicle has been stolen.
TN Code § 55-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 55-3-111. Indexes to Certificates of Title — Manner of Keeping

  The department shall keep a record of all outstanding certificates of title issued by it in suitable books as follows:  Numerically, under the certificate of title number assigned, which entry shall show, in addition to title number, all the information required to be set out on the face of the certificate;   Under the serial number, if available, otherwise under any other identifying number of the vehicle, which entry shall show, in addition to the serial number or other identifying number, the number of the certificate of title issued for such number; and   In the discretion of the department, in any other manner it may deem desirable.     The department shall retain in separate files for a period of at least five (5) years all certificates of title that have been transferred or superseded by certificates of title subsequently issued to the transferees or purchasers of the motor vehicle in question, and shall keep a record of these titles in suitable books as follows: numerically, under the certificate of title number, which entry shall show, in addition to the title number, all the information required to be set out on the face of the certificate of title, together with the number of the certificate of title, which shall have been issued to supersede and take the place of the certificate of title in question as the outstanding certificate of title.