Vehicle Title & Registration
Here you will find information about vehicle title and registration.
Rebuilt Vehicles
- Does my rebuilt vehicle have to go through emissions?
- Can pictures of a vehicle in its repaired state be submitted with a Rebuilt application if the customer did not take pictures of the vehicle in its damaged condition?
- I live in a county that requires emissions and I am going through the rebuilt process, do I have to pass emissions?
- If a vehicle has completed the rebuilt process in another state and comes back to Tennessee, is that acceptable?
- Is there a time frame for completing the rebuilt process?
- If a transmission is replaced in a vehicle does it have to go through the rebuilt process?
General Title and Registration Issues
- An unmarried man with no children passes away. Can one parent sign the affidavit of inheritance or do both (Mom and Dad) need to sign?
- What is the Declaration Page and what is its use?
- How do you de-title a mobile home?
- How much is the fee to note a lien at the county?
- My license plate may have fallen off the back of my car, or might have been stolen. What do I need to do?
- Does the county collect taxes on the document fees on the Bill of Sale from a dealership?
Titling a Vehicle
- Can an out of state salvage title be submitted to get a Tennessee salvage title?
- When titling an ATV, is the mileage required to be disclosed?
- Where is my title?
- If I need to discharge a lien, where do I send the paperwork?
- If I need to note a lien, where do I send the paperwork?
- What is the surety bond process?
Vehicle Registration
- Can a volunteer fireman receive an exemption on their registration renewal?
- Can a regular passenger plate be put on a vehicle that is in a business' name, but is not being used for business?
- Can a stepparent obtain a Gold Star Family plate if their stepchild was a member of the military?
- If I was grandfathered in to receive two disabled veteran plates, am I still eligible to get them both free?
- New Residents of Tennessee Time Frame To Register Vehicle
- Plates for Off-Highway Vehicles
Personalized and Specialty Plates
- Can a retired firefighter get a Tennessee Firefighter plate, if they are originally from another state and was a firefighter in that state, not Tennessee?
- Can the County Clerk re-issue a vintage tag to a new customer/owner? The previous plate holder sold them the vehicle.
- Do volunteer firefighters qualify for the “E” plate?
- Can a Fireman license plate be personalized?
- Can a FOP plate be personalized?
- Can a specialty plate currently owned by both, husband and wife, be transferred solely to one spouse?
Handicap Placards and License Plates
- Can I renew my disabled placard online?
- My deceased spouse had a handicap placard. Am I able to keep it? If not, what can be done?
- How many disabled placards and handicap plates are allowed?
- Can a disabled veteran have more than 2 disabled plates?
- Does the State issue deaf/hard of hearing decals or are they issued from the County Clerk’s office?
- If I have a disabled license plate, how many placards are available to me?
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