TN Code § 55-4-326 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 4 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles|Part 3 - Special License Plates — Continued|§ 55-4-326. Fraternal Order of Police Members

  An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is certified as a member or associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, shall be issued a Fraternal Order of Police new specialty earmarked license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).    The application for such registration plates shall be accompanied by a copy of an active membership card or a statement from the Fraternal Order of Police certifying the applicant to be a member or associate member of the organization.   Only members and associate members of the Fraternal Order of Police or their spouses and shall be permitted to receive the registration plates.     The registration plates provided for in this section shall be of the same design as the Fraternal Order of Police plates authorized and issued prior to July 1, 2011, and shall bear the inscription “FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE” or “FOP” and an appropriate standardized insignia of the organization. For applicants who are associate members of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Fraternal Order of Police plates, the strip along the bottom of the license plate shall also bear the language “ASSOCIATE MEMBER.”    Within thirty (30) days of terminating membership or associate membership in the Fraternal Order of Police, an applicant to whom a registration plate has been issued pursuant to this section shall surrender the plate to the county clerk of the county of the applicant's residence.   The Fraternal Order of Police shall provide biannually to the department the names and addresses of any persons who have terminated their membership or associate membership in the Fraternal Order of Police, together with any other identifying information as the commissioner may require.     The commissioner is authorized and shall issue a registration plate to an owner or lessee of a motorcycle who is otherwise eligible for a Fraternal Order of Police plate; provided, however, that the owner or lessee shall comply with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motorcycles and shall pay the regular fee applicable to motorcycles and the applicable fee specified in § 55-4-204 prior to the issuance of the plate.   Funds produced from the sale of Fraternal Order of Police specialty earmarked license plates shall be allocated to the Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police Charitable Foundation in accordance with § 55-4-301.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person issued a Fraternal Order of Police license plate prior to July 1, 2011, shall be entitled to retain the license plate for vehicular use upon compliance with all motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and payment of all required fees. Such plates shall be considered Fraternal Order of Police specialty earmarked plates upon their first renewal on or after July 1, 2011, upon the applicant's designation.   For the purposes of § 55-4-202(g)(1), all license plates authorized or issued pursuant to subsections (a), (e) and (g) shall be jointly included in any determinations for initial issuance and continuation of issuance. If Fraternal Order of Police specialty earmarked plates are subsequently deemed obsolete pursuant to § 55-4-202(g)(1), such determination shall also apply to all Fraternal Order of Police license plates issued prior to July 1, 2011.