(a) The department of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations prescribing safety precautions and equipment to be utilized by those transporting mobile homes subject to this part.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-4-410

  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-1-111
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(b) The transporter and the seller of the mobile home, if the seller is a different person or entity than the transporter, moving a mobile home that is subject to this part shall have the affirmative duty to determine that:

(1) The undercarriage for the manufactured home is equipped with adequate brakes that are operated from the towing vehicle; and
(2) The route traveled allows safe passage of the mobile home, based upon the height and width of the mobile home.
(c) The affirmative duty created pursuant to this section shall be primarily the transporter’s duty. The seller shall be secondarily liable. The affirmative duty to determine the safe passage may be met by use of a front escort vehicle having protrusions equal to the height and width of the mobile home.
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