(a) The department of safety shall file every application for a license received by it and shall maintain suitable indicies containing in alphabetical order:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-204

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Department: means the department of safety acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle, low speed vehicle or medium speed vehicle as defined in this section, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power used on highways or any other vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state, but does not include any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer operated exclusively on a rail. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Secretary: means the secretary of transportation of the United States. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • State: means :
    (A) For the purposes of commercial driver licenses, a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Temporary driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways for the individual's authorized period of stay in the United States or, if there is no definite end to the period of authorized stay, a period of one (1) year. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. 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 public highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Violation: means a conviction except as otherwise provided in §. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
(1) All applications denied, and on each thereof note the reasons for the denial;
(2) All applications granted; and
(3) The name of every licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked by the department, and after each name note the reasons for this action.
(b) The department shall also file all accident reports, abstracts of court records of convictions and driver education or improvement course completion certification received by it under the laws of this state, and, in connection therewith, maintain convenient records or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of each licensee showing the convictions of such licensee and the traffic accidents in which the licensee has been involved and the driver education or improvement courses the licensee has completed shall be readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the department upon any application for renewal of license and at other suitable times.
(c)

(1) The department shall record and maintain as part of the driver history of persons holding or required to hold commercial driver licenses all convictions, disqualifications and other licensing actions for violations of any state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, committed in any type of vehicle, in this state or any other state.
(2) The department shall make driver history information required by this subsection (c) available to the users designated in subdivision (c)(4) or to their authorized agent within ten (10) days of:

(A) Receiving the conviction or disqualification information from another state; or,
(B) The date of the conviction, if it occurred in the same state.
(3) The department shall retain on the driver history record all convictions, disqualifications and other licensing actions for violations for at least three (3) years or longer as required under 49 C.F.R. § 384.231(d).
(4) Only the following users or their authorized agents may receive the designated information:

(A) States: All information on all driver records;
(B) The secretary of transportation: All information on all driver records;
(C) The driver: Only information related to that driver’s record; and
(D) A motor carrier or prospective motor carrier: After notification to a driver, all information related to that driver’s or prospective driver’s record.
(d)

(1) The department shall charge and collect a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for preparing and furnishing copies of the records. All fees so collected shall constitute expendable receipts of the department.
(2) The department shall not include the social security number of any person who has been issued a driver license in this state, including a commercial driver license, in copies of the records sold pursuant to this section.
(3) The department shall maintain information concerning the completion of a driver education or improvement course for administrative purposes or court use only. The department shall not include information concerning the completion of a driver education or improvement course in copies of records sold pursuant to this section.
(e) The department shall maintain a copy of all licenses as issued.
(f) This section is also applicable when the department issues a photo identification license, intermediate driver license, learner permit, temporary driver license, temporary learner permit, temporary intermediate driver license, or temporary photo identification license.
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