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TN Code § 55-10-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 2 - Crimes|§ 55-10-203. When Arrested Person Must Be Taken Before a Magistrate — Admission to Bail

  Whenever any person is arrested for a violation of chapter 8 or parts 1-5 of this chapter, the arrested person shall be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate or judge within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed, who has jurisdiction of the offense and is nearest or most accessible with reference to the place where the arrest is made, in any of the following cases:  When a person arrested demands an immediate appearance before a magistrate or judge;   When the person is arrested upon a charge of criminally negligent homicide, voluntary manslaughter or murder;   When the person is arrested upon a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs;   When the person is arrested upon a charge of failure to stop in the event of an accident causing death, personal injury or damage to property; and   In any other event when the person arrested refuses to give written promise to appear in court as hereinafter provided.     Any person arrested and charged with violating any provision of chapters 8 and 9 of this title or §§ 55-10-103 — 55-10-310 who is taken before a magistrate or judge as provided in subsection (a) shall be admitted to bail by posting a cash bond, but in no case shall the cash bond exceed the maximum fine and costs for the offense or offenses for which the defendant is charged.
TN Code § 55-10-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 2 - Crimes|§ 55-10-204. Illegal Cancellation of Traffic Citation — Audit of Citation Records

  Any person who cancels or solicits the cancellation of any traffic citation, in any manner other than as provided in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Every record of traffic citations required in chapter 8 and parts 1-5 of this chapter shall be audited by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the traffic-enforcement agency is responsible, within the time prescribed for the audit of other officers of the agency.
TN Code § 55-10-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 2 - Crimes|§ 55-10-205. Reckless Driving

  Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property commits reckless driving.   A person commits an offense of reckless driving who drives a motorcycle with the front tire raised off the ground in willful and wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property on any public street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway, or on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, apartment house complex, or any other premises that are generally frequented by the public at large; provided, that the offense of reckless driving for driving a motorcycle with the front tire raised off the ground shall not be applicable to persons riding in a parade, at a speed not to exceed thirty miles per hour (30 mph), if the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older.    Any motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a clearly visible and adequate flood warning sign or barricade and drives into a road area that is actually flooded commits reckless driving. In addition to the penalties imposed pursuant to subsection (d), the court may order the operator to pay restitution to defray the taxpayer cost of any rescue efforts related to such violation.   It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section, which must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, that the operator's driving through the flood warning sign or barricade was necessitated by a bona fide emergency.   This subsection (c) shall not apply to an emergency vehicle. “Emergency vehicle” means a vehicle of a governmental department or public service corporation when responding to any emergency, or any vehicle of a police or fire department, or any ambulance.      A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.   In addition to the penalty authorized by subdivision (d)(1), the court shall assess a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be collected as provided in § 55-10-412(b) and distributed as provided in § 55-10-412(c).
TN Code § 55-10-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 2 - Crimes|§ 55-10-206. Off-Road Vehicles — Prohibited Acts — Penalties

  For the purposes of this section, “motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle as defined in § 55-1-103, which possesses a four-wheel drive capability and that is designed and suitable for operation off the highway on natural terrain.   It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle on private property for the purposes of testing or demonstrating driving skills or ascertaining certain vehicle endurance factors, unless the consent of the owner or person in control of the property has been granted for the activities. The driving skills and vehicle endurance factors include, but are not limited to, cross-country driving, drag racing or testing the motor vehicle's capabilities over natural, rough or muddy terrain.   Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and, in the discretion of the court, the person's driver license shall be subject to suspension for six (6) months.
TN Code § 55-10-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 2 - Crimes|§ 55-10-208. Uniform Traffic Citation Form

  Every law enforcement officer in this state who is authorized to issue traffic citations may use a uniform traffic citation form prescribed by the department of safety.   The department is authorized and directed to promulgate a uniform traffic citation form which may be used exclusively by all law enforcement officers and agencies in this state in issuing citations for traffic law violations.
TN Code § 55-10-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-301. Penalty for Violations of Chapters 8 and 9 and Parts 1-5 of This Chapter

  Any person violating any of the provisions of chapters 8 and 9 of this title and parts 1-5 of this chapter where a penalty is not specifically prescribed commits a Class C misdemeanor.    Any person violating any of the provisions of chapters 8 and 9 of this title and parts 1-5 of this chapter may be required, at the discretion of the court, to attend a driver education course approved by the department of safety in addition to or in lieu of any portion of other penalty imposed; provided, that the course is approved by the department, it may be operated and conducted by a:  County, municipality or other entity of local government;   Nonprofit organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)); or   Private entity, provided the entity meets all of the requirements of § 40-35-302(g) for private entities providing misdemeanor probation supervision services.     A reasonable fee between fifty dollars ($50.00) and one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) may be assessed for the driver education or driver improvement course; provided, that no one shall be refused admittance for inability to pay. This fee shall apply only to driver improvement courses that may be required pursuant to this section, and shall not apply to any program offered pursuant to title 49, chapter 1, or to any other driving instruction school.   By operating a driver education or improvement course pursuant to this subsection (b), the entity operating or conducting the course consents to the inspection of all records concerning the course by the department of safety; provided, that inspection made pursuant to this subdivision (b)(3) shall not preclude inspection of any records pursuant to any other provision of law.   Each court clerk shall provide a list of approved entities in the county to any person ordered to attend a driver education or improvement course.   Upon certification to the court clerk that a court ordered driver education or improvement course has been completed, the court clerk shall report the completion to the department of safety. The report shall be accomplished on the abstract of record of the court referenced in § 55-10-306.     Subsection (b) shall not apply to any person who holds a Class A, B, or C license and is charged with any violation, except a parking violation, in any type of motor vehicle.   Subsection (b) shall not apply to any person who holds any class of driver license and who is charged with any violation, except a parking violation, while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
TN Code § 55-10-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-302. Automated License Plate Recognition System — Limitation on Storage of Data

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Automated license plate recognition system” means one (1) or more fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data;   “Captured plate data” means the global positioning device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by or derived from any automated license plate recognition system; and   “Governmental entity” means any lawfully established department, agency or entity of this state or of any political subdivision of this state.     Any captured plate data collected or retained by any governmental entity through the use of an automated license plate recognition system may not be stored for more than ninety (90) days unless the data is retained or stored as part of an ongoing investigation, and in that case, the data shall be destroyed at the conclusion of either:  An investigation that does not result in any criminal charges being filed; or   Any criminal action undertaken in the matter involving the captured plate data.
TN Code § 55-10-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-303. Disposition of Collections

  All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds imposed or collected under any of the provisions of chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139, except such as may be imposed or collected under § 55-10-401, shall, within fifteen (15) days following the last day of the month in which the fines, penalties and forfeitures of bond were received, be paid to the commissioner of safety, with a statement accompanying the same, setting forth the action or proceeding in which the moneys were collected, the name and residence of the defendant, the nature of the offense and fines, penalties, forfeitures or sentence, if any, imposed.   The fines, penalties, and forfeitures of bonds imposed or collected under § 55-10-401 shall be paid to the jurisdiction that initiated the arrest; provided, that the collections that were initiated by state officers shall be retained and deposited in the general funds of the county wherein the case is tried. In counties having a population over six hundred thousand (600,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the collections shall be retained and deposited in the general fund of the county wherein the case is tried, except that whenever the case is tried in a municipal court of a municipality that lies in any county falling within the population category hereinbefore provided, the collections shall be retained and deposited in the general fund of the municipality.
TN Code § 55-10-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-304. Collections of Fines and Penalties

 The commissioner of safety is empowered in the name of the state to take all steps necessary to enforce the collection and prompt return of all the fines, penalties, and forfeitures of bonds; and the same when so collected shall be credited to the department of safety and used to carry out chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139.
TN Code § 55-10-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-305. Cases — How Tried

 No judge shall try any case except upon warrant duly prepared in the form required by law, which shall be preserved with the other papers pertaining to the judge's office, and no such judge shall collect any fine or cost imposed in any case involving a violation of chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139, until that judge has completed the entries pertaining to the case in a docket kept for the making of the judge's records. All such dockets shall be preserved and shall be at all times subject to inspection upon demand of any person named therein, and by all state officials or their duly authorized representatives. All judges shall deliver upon request, without charge, to the accused a receipt showing in detail the amount of fine and cost imposed upon and paid by the accused. No judge shall divide the fees of the judge's office with any constable, sheriff, or other state officer, or with any individual who may assist in making an arrest or furnish evidence in a case arising under chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139. Any judge violating any of the provisions of this section or failing or refusing to make returns of convictions and fines or penalties imposed in chapters 8 and 9 of this title, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139, shall be subject to removal for misdemeanor in office.
TN Code § 55-10-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-307. Adoption of Statutes and Regulations by Municipalities — Exceptions

  Any incorporated municipality may by ordinance adopt, by reference, any of the appropriate provisions of chapter 8 of this title, §§ 55-10-101 — 55-10-310, 55-12-139, 55-50-301, 55-50-302, 55-50-304, 55-50-305, 55-50-311, and 55-10-312, and may by ordinance provide additional regulations for the operation of vehicles within the municipality, which shall not be in conflict with the listed sections. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures of bonds imposed or collected under the terms of §§ 55-50-311 and 55-50-312, shall be paid over to the appropriate state agency as provided in § 55-50-604.   The offenses enumerated in subdivisions (b)(1)-(5) are state offenses and any person arrested for violation of the offenses shall be tried for violation of state law in state courts or in courts having state jurisdiction in which the jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Any existing ordinance presently regulating any of the enumerated offenses and any such ordinance enacted after July 1, 1977, is declared void and of no effect. The enumerated offenses are:  Driving while intoxicated or drugged, as prohibited by § 55-10-401;   Failing to stop after a traffic accident, as prohibited by part 1 of this chapter;   Driving while license suspended or revoked, as prohibited by § 55-50-504;   Drag racing, as defined and prohibited by § 55-10-501; and   Possession of five (5) or more grams of methamphetamine, as scheduled in § 39-17-408(d)(2), while operating a motor vehicle in this state. A motor vehicle is in operation if its engine is operating, whether or not the motor vehicle is moving.
TN Code § 55-10-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-309. Reexamination

 Any judge having jurisdiction over offenses committed under any statute of this state or municipal ordinance of any city or town regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways shall have the authority to require any person brought before the judge's court for an alleged violation to submit to a reexamination by the department of safety when the judge has good cause to believe that the person, by reason of physical or mental disability, would not be able to operate a motor vehicle with safety upon the highways, or, in the discretion of the judge, would create a hazard to the driving public. However, the operator's or chauffeur's license of the person shall not be withheld or suspended pending the reexamination.
TN Code § 55-10-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-310. Uniformity of Interpretation

 Chapter 8, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact them.
TN Code § 55-10-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-311. Prima Facie Evidence of Ownership of Automobile and Use in Owner's Business — No Vicarious Liability by Dealers for Loaner Vehicles

  In all actions for injury to persons and/or to property caused by the negligent operation or use of any automobile, auto truck, motorcycle, or other motor propelled vehicle within this state, proof of ownership of the vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle at the time of the cause of action sued on was being operated and used with authority, consent and knowledge of the owner in the very transaction out of which the injury or cause of action arose, and the proof of ownership likewise shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle was then and there being operated by the owner, or by the owner's servant, for the owner's use and benefit and within the course and scope of the servant's employment. The prima facie evidence rules of the preceding sentence shall also apply in cases of the negligent operation of a vehicle being test-driven by a prospective purchaser with the knowledge and consent of the seller or the seller's agent, whether or not the seller or the seller's agent is present in the vehicle at the time of the alleged negligent operation.   Any automobile dealer who provides a loaner vehicle to a customer without charge while the customer's vehicle is being serviced or repaired by the dealer shall not be vicariously liable under any vicarious liability theory, to any person injured as the result of an accident caused in whole or in part by a customer driving a loaner vehicle provided by the dealer where the dealer was provided with proof of insurance by the customer prior to the customer being provided with the loaner vehicle.   This section is in the nature of remedial legislation and it is the legislative intent that it be given a liberal construction.
TN Code § 55-10-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-312. Registration Prima Facie Evidence of Ownership and That Operation Was for Owner's Benefit — Exception for Dealers' Loaner Vehicles

  Proof of the registration of the motor-propelled vehicle in the name of any person shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of the motor propelled vehicle by the person in whose name the vehicle is registered; and the proof of registration shall likewise be prima facie evidence that the vehicle was then and there being operated by the owner or by the owner's servant for the owner's use and benefit and within the course and scope of the servant's employment.   Subsection (a) shall not apply to any automobile dealer who provides a customer a loaner vehicle without charge while the customer’s vehicle is being serviced or repaired by the dealer. The dealer shall not be vicariously liable under any vicarious liability theory, to any person injured as the result of an accident caused in whole or in part by a customer driving a loaner vehicle provided by the dealer where the dealer was provided with proof of insurance by the customer prior to the customer being provided with the loaner vehicle.
TN Code § 55-10-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-313. Employer's Liability for Violations by Employee Driving Nonmotor Vehicle — Liability of Driver

  The employer of any driver of a nonmotor vehicle who violates § 55-8-178, intentionally or through carelessness, is liable to an action for damages at the suit of anyone who, in person or property, sustains an injury thereby.   The person so offending, as well as that person's employer, shall be liable to a civil action for all damages consequent on the violation.    Code 1858, §§ 1179, 1181 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 114, § 6); Shan., §§ 1606, 1608; Code 1932, §§ 2678, 2679; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-1039.
TN Code § 55-10-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-314. Liability for Spill of Hazardous Waste From Twin Trailer Truck

 If any person who is driving or in physical control of a twin trailer truck that contains hazardous waste, as defined in § 68-212-104, is adjudicated to have been at fault in a court of competent jurisdiction for an accident resulting in a spill of the hazardous waste, the employer of the person shall be jointly and severally responsible for:   Damages incurred as a result of the spill; and   Any clean-up cost that may result from the spill.
TN Code § 55-10-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 10 - Accidents, Crimes and Penalties|Part 3 - Penalties and Procedure|§ 55-10-315. Traffic Violation Conviction Fee

  Any municipality with a population of not less than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) nor more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, by ordinance may levy a fee of up to seventy-five cents (75¢), to be collected on all convictions for traffic violations when the traffic citation was issued or the arrest was effected by a law enforcement officer of the municipality. “Traffic violation” for purposes of this section means a violation of any provision of chapter 8 or 9 of this title or parts 1-5 of this chapter, or a violation of a municipal ordinance regulating traffic, or both state law and local ordinance violations. Municipal ordinances regulating traffic include those that regulate parking.   When the ordinance levying the fee applies to state traffic law violations, the municipal recorder, clerk, or other record keeping official shall forward a certified copy of the ordinance to the court handling traffic violations for the area in which the municipality is located. The court shall then collect the fee in accordance with the terms of the ordinance and remit revenues from the fee to the municipality monthly.   Revenues from the fee shall be used by the municipality for traffic safety, traffic education and drug education programs.   In addition to the fee authorized in subsection (a), those municipalities designated in subsection (a) may also by ordinance levy a fee of up to two dollars ($2.00) on each conviction for a traffic violation when the traffic citation is issued or the arrest is effected by a law enforcement officer of the municipality. Except for subsection (c), all pertinent provisions of this section applicable to the fee authorized in subsection (a) shall also apply to the fee authorized by this subsection (d). Revenues from the fee authorized in this subsection (d) shall be used to purchase or maintain, or both, an automated information system to support enforcement of traffic safety laws.