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TN Code § 55-17-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-109. Activities for Which License Required — Exception

   It is unlawful for any person to engage in business as, or serve in the capacity of, or act as a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, distributor branch, factory representative, distributor representative, motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle salesperson or automobile auction without first obtaining a license as required in this part.   Notwithstanding any of this part to the contrary, an automobile auction license shall not be required for a motor vehicle dealer licensed to sell used motor vehicles if:  No more frequently than once a year, the dealer utilizes an auction format to sell used motor vehicles at the dealer's established place of business;   The auction is conducted by an auctioneer licensed by the Tennessee auctioneer commission;   The motor vehicles are not sold on consignment;   A total of not more than fifteen (15) motor vehicles are sold, each of which is at least four (4) model years old; and   The dealer provides at least ten (10) days' advance written notification to the commission describing the time and place of the auction as well as the motor vehicles to be sold in the auction.       It is a Class A misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, corporation, or trust to engage in business as, or act as, an automotive dismantler and recycler in this state without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in this part.   The commission shall neither create nor issue any category of license other than those categories specifically required by this chapter. It is unlawful for any person to commercially engage in any activity involving the distribution and/or sale of motor vehicles or recreational vehicles without first qualifying for and obtaining a license or licenses specifically authorized by this chapter unless the requirement for licensure is specifically exempted by statute.   Public automobile auctions shall be licensed and regulated by the Tennessee auctioneer commission and the Tennessee motor vehicle commission when engaged in the sale of motor vehicles.
TN Code § 55-17-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-110. License for Each Location and Franchise — Exception — Employment of Salesperson

  Any person engaging, acting or serving in more than one (1) of the activities for which a license is required under § 55-17-109 or having more than one (1) location where the business is carried on or conducted, is required to obtain and hold a separate, current license for each activity in which the person is engaged for each location.   Any motor vehicle dealer having more than one (1) franchise permitting the dealer to sell or have an interest in the sale of motor vehicles with more than one (1) trade name or line-make shall obtain a separate license for each trade name or line-make of motor vehicle; provided, that persons selling used motor vehicles exclusively need only obtain one (1) license for each business location.   No motor vehicle dealer or recreational vehicle dealer as defined in § 55-17-401 shall hire any person for the purpose of selling motor vehicles or recreational vehicles, or for acting in the capacity of a motor vehicle salesperson, without first determining that the person is duly licensed as a motor vehicle salesperson.   No motor vehicle salesperson shall sell or attempt to sell any motor vehicle or recreational vehicle for any motor vehicle dealer or recreational vehicle dealer, unless the motor vehicle salesperson is employed by the motor vehicle dealer or recreational vehicle dealer having an interest in the sale of the motor vehicle or recreational vehicle.   No person licensed under this section shall give, pay or in any manner compensate any other person for services rendered as a motor vehicle salesperson without first engaging or employing the person in the capacity of a motor vehicle salesperson.
TN Code § 55-17-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-112. License Fees — Interest — Penalty

  The biennial license fees for licenses issued and renewed under this part shall be set by the commission.   A penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the license fee will be assessed on any renewal application postmarked after the expiration date of the license.   No renewal application will be accepted more than ninety (90) days after the expiration date of a license.   Notwithstanding §§ 55-17-108 and 55-17-119 to the contrary, all revenue resulting from fees, penalties or interest increased by the 1987 amendment to this section shall be allocated to the motor vehicle commission.
TN Code § 55-17-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-113. Location of Business to Be Specified on License — Changes Requiring New License — Possession and Display of License — Name to Appear on License

  The license issued to each motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, distributor branch or automotive dismantler and recycler shall specify the location of the factory, dealership, office or branch.   Any motor vehicle dealer licensed under this part shall promptly notify the commission of a change in ownership, location or franchise or any other matters the commission may require by rule. If a dealership changes its location entirely or in part or changes or adds to the dealer's franchise or line-makes, a new license must be applied for as in any original application.   Every motor vehicle salesperson, factory representative or distributor representative shall have the license in the person's possession when engaged in business and shall display it upon request. The name of the employer of the motor vehicle salesperson, factory representative or distributor representative shall appear on the face of the license.
TN Code § 55-17-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-115. Venue in Actions Involving Manufacturers and Motor Vehicle Dealers

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the venue for any cause of action, claim, lawsuit, arbitration or mediation in which the parties or litigants are a manufacturer and a motor vehicle dealer shall be the state of Tennessee. This section may not be waived in any contract or other agreement and to do so would be against the public policy of Tennessee.
TN Code § 55-17-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-116. Judicial Review

 All final decisions of the commission pursuant to this part may be judicially reviewed in accordance with § 4-5-322. The venue for these actions shall be Davidson County.
TN Code § 55-17-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-117. Violations — Civil and Criminal Penalties — Injunctions

  In addition to the remedies provided in this part, any person violating this part or any rule promulgated under this part, or any order issued by the commission, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day of violation or for each act of violation, as the commission or the court may deem proper. All civil penalties shall be paid into the general fund of the state.   Whenever it appears that any person has violated, is violating or is about to violate this part, or any rule promulgated under this part, or any order issued by the commission, the commission, through the attorney general and reporter, may cause a civil suit to be instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation or threat of violation or for the assessment and recovery of the civil penalty provided in this section or for both.   A suit for injunctive relief or for recovery of a civil penalty or for both may be brought either in the county where the defendant resides or conducts business or in the county where the violation or threat of violation occurs.   In any suit filed by the commission, the court may grant the commission, without bond or other undertaking, any prohibitory or mandatory injunction the facts may warrant, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions.   Any person willfully, knowingly and persistently violating this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-17-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-118. Provisions Cumulative

 This part shall be cumulative to existing laws.
TN Code § 55-17-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-119. Receipts and Expenditures

 The commission shall pay all money received as fees and charges into the state treasury and the budget director shall make these allotments out of the general fund as the budget director may deem proper for the necessary and proper expenses of the commission, and no expenditure shall be made by the commission unless and until the allotment has been made by the budget director. The allotment shall be disbursed under the general budgetary laws of the state.
TN Code § 55-17-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-121. Labor Rate Charged Customers by Dealers

  Within ninety (90) days after May 9, 1977, all licensed motor vehicle dealers shall be required to provide to the commission a sworn statement containing the labor rate charged to retail customers and the labor rate charged to the manufacturers or distributors for warranty repairs or servicing. All dealers must give the commission written notice of any changes in these rates within ten (10) days after the changes are made.   In no event shall a manufacturer or distributor pay to its dealers a labor rate per hour for warranty repairs or servicing less than the dealer's retail labor rate for similar repairs, unless the manufacturer or distributor can show to the commission that the dealer's retail labor rate is improper in light of all economic circumstances.   No motor vehicle dealer shall charge the manufacturer or distributor a labor rate per hour for warranty work in excess of its posted retail labor rate.
TN Code § 55-17-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-122. Provisions Governing Hearings and Judicial Review

 The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, shall govern all matters and procedures respecting the hearing and judicial review of any contested case, as defined therein, arising under this part.
TN Code § 55-17-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-124. Sale or Transfer From Manufacturer to Distributor Not Unlawful

 The sale or other transfer of a motor vehicle from a manufacturer to a distributor is not unlawful under § 55-17-109 or § 55-17-114.
TN Code § 55-17-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-125. Annual Sales Reports — Eligibility for Dealer Plates

   On or before February 15 of each year, each motor vehicle dealer shall submit to the commission an annual sales report indicating the number of motor vehicles sold by the dealer during the preceding calendar year, the number of dealer registration plates issued to the dealer during the year and the county or counties in which the plates were issued.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a motor vehicle dealer:  Fails to timely file the annual sales report, the dealer shall not be eligible for any dealer registration plates until the annual sales report is filed;   Timely files the annual sales report and sells twenty-four (24) or more motor vehicles during a calendar year, then there is a rebuttable presumption that the dealer is eligible to receive, retain, and use dealer registration plates otherwise authorized by § 55-4-226; or   Timely files the annual sales report, and sells fewer than twenty-four (24) motor vehicles during a calendar year or if a dealer engaged in business for only a portion of the calendar year but sold fewer than two (2) vehicles on average per month during this portion of the year, then the dealer is eligible to receive, retain, and use up to three (3) dealer registration plates. Upon written request by the dealer and with justification shown, the motor vehicle commission may approve the issuance of additional plates. The commission shall furnish to each county clerk a listing of eligible dealers.     If pursuant to this section, a dealer is no longer eligible to receive, retain or use dealer registration plates, then the commission is authorized to undertake appropriate action to take possession of any plates issued to the dealer and shall promptly forward the plates to the department of revenue.     Upon request of the commission, the department shall make available for the commission's inspection departmental information concerning the number of dealer registration plates issued to each dealer.
TN Code § 55-17-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-126. Agreement to and Compliance With This Part

 Any person who acquires or renews a license under this part agrees to and shall comply with this part and any rules or regulations promulgated under this part.
TN Code § 55-17-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-127. Emission Testing and Vehicle Inspection Prior to Consummation of Sale of Preowned Vehicles

 If a person who seeks to purchase a preowned motor vehicle from a dealer under a title retention agreement or a conditional sales contract, in a city that requires emission testing and a vehicle inspection and the vehicle is to be registered by the purchaser in the county where that city is located and the vehicle has not been pretested or inspected within ninety (90) days prior to the sale, then the purchaser may require the vehicle to be inspected and pass inspections prior to the consummation of the sale of the motor vehicle. If the motor vehicle fails the emissions test or the vehicle inspection, the purchaser may waive in writing this section. In addition, this section may be waived by written agreement of the purchaser and seller of the motor vehicle prior to inspection.
TN Code § 55-17-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Sales Licenses|§ 55-17-128. Operation of Other Business at Dealer's Established Place of Business

 A motor vehicle dealer licensed to sell motor vehicles may operate one (1) additional business at the dealer's established place of business; provided, at least sixty-six percent (66%) of the dealer's established place of business is used for the sale or service, or both, of motor vehicles and that the income derived from the additional business is less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the gross income of the dealership. The dealer may also install signs at the dealer's established place of business for the purpose of advertising the other businesses.
TN Code § 55-17-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 3 - Automotive Mobility Dealers|§ 55-17-301. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Adapted vehicle” means a new or used motor vehicle especially designed or modified for use by an aging or disabled person;   “Automotive mobility dealer” means any motor vehicle dealer who:  Exclusively engages in the business of selling, offering to sell, or soliciting or advertising the sale of adapted vehicles;   Possesses adapted vehicles exclusively for the purpose of resale, either on the dealer's own account or on behalf of another, as the dealer's primary business; or   Engages in the business of selling, installing, or servicing; offering to sell, install, or service; or soliciting or advertising the sale, installation, or servicing of equipment or modifications specifically designed to facilitate use or operation of a motor vehicle by an aging or disabled person; and     “Mobility equipment” means equipment specifically designed to facilitate the use of a motor vehicle by an aging or disabled person.
TN Code § 55-17-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 3 - Automotive Mobility Dealers|§ 55-17-302. Automotive Mobility Dealer License

  Any person, prior to engaging or continuing in the business of an automotive mobility dealer after March 1, 2011, shall obtain an automotive mobility dealer license from the commission.    An automotive mobility dealer shall be licensed and regulated by the commission under this chapter.   The commission shall, by administrative regulations promulgated hereunder in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, establish requirements for initial application for and renewal of a license to be an automotive mobility dealer. The commission's regulations establishing requirements for automotive mobility dealers shall include provisions for automotive mobility dealers to meet reasonable and appropriate quality assurance requirements. Such requirements may include:  Appropriate training by automotive mobility dealers regarding adapted vehicle usage;   Driver evaluation by automotive mobility dealers; and   A requirement that automotive mobility dealers obtain and maintain insurance in an amount to be established by the commission.     The commission shall have the power to promulgate any other regulations that are necessary to implement this part, including denial, suspension or revocation of an automotive mobility dealer's license. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.   The commission shall, after notice and hearing, revoke the license of an automotive mobility dealer if it determines that the dealer has sold or modified a vehicle that does not comply with this section or any administrative regulations promulgated hereunder. A dealer whose license is revoked under this subsection (b) shall be permitted to appeal the revocation in accordance with part 1 of this chapter.   An automotive mobility dealer's license may be denied, suspended or revoked for any violation of § 55-17-114.     A licensed automotive mobility dealer shall have the right to display, demonstrate, inventory, advertise and offer for sale adapted vehicles.
TN Code § 55-17-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 3 - Automotive Mobility Dealers|§ 55-17-303. Franchising

  No more than two (2) new untitled motor vehicles of a specific line-make may be consigned by a franchised motor vehicle dealer to an automotive mobility dealer.   Any retail sale of a new untitled motor vehicle must be accomplished by the consigning franchised dealer.   A licensed franchise motor vehicle dealer shall not be required to obtain an automotive mobility dealer license to display, advertise, offer for sale or sell adapted motor vehicles.
TN Code § 55-17-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 4 - Recreational Vehicles Licenses|§ 55-17-402. Powers and Duties of Commission

 The commission is vested with those powers and duties necessary and proper to enable it to fully and effectively carry out the provisions and objectives of this part, including, but not limited to:   The authority to promulgate reasonable substantive and procedural rules as they relate to the operation of this part and pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5; and   The authority to prescribe all forms to be used by the commission in the transaction of its business including application, license, compliance, and financial forms.
TN Code § 55-17-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 4 - Recreational Vehicles Licenses|§ 55-17-403. License Required

  No person shall engage in business as, serve in the capacity of, or act as a manufacturer, recreational vehicle factory representative, or recreational vehicle dealer, without first obtaining a license as required in this part.   It is unlawful for any person to commercially engage in any activity involving the distribution or sale of any recreational vehicles or used motor vehicles pursuant to § 55-17-419 without first qualifying for and obtaining a license or licenses specifically authorized by this part or, in the case of vehicle salespersons, part 1 of this chapter, unless the requirement for licensure is specifically exempted by statute.
TN Code § 55-17-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 4 - Recreational Vehicles Licenses|§ 55-17-404. Separate Licenses for Activities and Locations — Employment of Licensed Salesperson

  Any person engaging, acting, or serving in more than one (1) of the activities for which a license is required under § 55-17-403 or having more than one (1) location where the business is carried on or conducted, is required to obtain and hold a separate, current license for each activity in which the person is engaged for each location.   No recreational vehicle dealer shall hire any person for the purpose of selling recreational vehicles, or for acting in the capacity of a vehicle salesperson, without first determining that the person is duly licensed as a vehicle salesperson.   No vehicle salesperson shall sell or attempt to sell any recreational vehicle for any recreational vehicle dealer, unless the vehicle salesperson is employed by the recreational vehicle dealer having an interest in the sale of the recreational vehicle.   No person licensed under this section shall give, pay, or in any manner compensate any other person for services rendered as a vehicle salesperson without first engaging or employing the person in the capacity of a vehicle salesperson.
TN Code § 55-17-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Sales Licenses|Part 4 - Recreational Vehicles Licenses|§ 55-17-406. Biennial License Fees — Penalty for Late Renewal

  The biennial license fees for licenses issued and renewed under this part shall be set by the commission.   A penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the license fee will be assessed on any renewal application postmarked after the expiration date of the license.   No renewal application will be accepted more than ninety (90) days after the expiration date of a license.   Notwithstanding § 55-17-413, all revenue resulting from fees, penalties, or interest shall be allocated to the commission.