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§ 55-3-116 — Assignment of new numbers when serial or motor number obliterated or destroyed

Tennessee § 55-3-116
JurisdictionTennessee
Title55

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-3-116 (2026).

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(a)The department shall assign a new and distinguishing number to a motor vehicle whenever the serial and/or motor number on the motor vehicle is destroyed or obliterated, which distinguishing number shall be stamped on the vehicle in a position to be determined by the commissioner.
(b)The motor vehicle shall be registered under the distinguishing number in lieu of the former number.

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Legislative History

Acts 1951, ch. 70, § 38 (Williams, § 5538.138); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-317.

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