Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-508

  • Commissioner: means and includes the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's duly authorized assistants. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use: means and includes the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership thereof, except that it does not include the sale at retail of that property in the regular course of business. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use tax: includes the "use" "consumption" "distribution" and "storage" as defined in this section. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102

The most recent bona fide purchaser for value of a motor vehicle that is seized by an authorized law enforcement official under title 55, chapter 5, or any other similar law respecting stolen motor vehicles, shall, if such vehicle is not ultimately returned to the purchaser, be entitled to a full refund of any Tennessee use tax, if the purchaser paid such tax to the appropriate governmental official pursuant to § 55-3-105. Any claim for refund under this section shall be filed with the commissioner, together with satisfactory proof that the use tax has been properly paid to the commissioner, in the manner provided in § 67-1-707.