§ 55-21-101 Short title
§ 55-21-102 Part definitions
§ 55-21-103 Distinguishing registration, license plates, placards – Issuance to disabled or wheelchair-confined persons – Motor vehicle rentals – Cost – Expiration
§ 55-21-104 Symbol of access for registrations, placards, decals, and license plates for drivers or passengers with disability
§ 55-21-105 Parking privileges
§ 55-21-106 Disabled veterans and persons with a physical disability – Certificate of identification – Parking
§ 55-21-108 Unauthorized use of disabled parking or placard – Violations – Penalties
§ 55-21-109 Computer records – Access by law enforcement officers
§ 55-21-110 Volunteer enforcement of disabled parking laws and ordinances
§ 55-21-111 Disabled veteran decal
§ 55-21-112 Decals or placards for deaf drivers – Deaf owners
§ 55-21-113 Authority of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physical therapist to issue certified statements of disability or deafness
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 55 > Chapter 21 > Part 1 - Disabled Drivers Law of 1975

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Disabled passenger: is a person who meets the requirements for disabled drivers established in subdivisions (3)(A)-(C). See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Disabled veteran: means a disabled driver who is a former member of the United States armed forces or a former or current member of a reserve or Tennessee national guard unit who was called into active military service of the United States, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way when any part thereto is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local authorities: means every county, municipal and other local board or body having authority to enact ordinances or make regulations relating to traffic under the constitution and laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Street: means the entire width between boundary lines of every way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105