Issuance – Category – Supplemental registration – Eligibility

(a) All registration plates issued under this part shall be issued in one (1) of the following categories: Ask a traffic law question, get an answer ASAP!Thousands of highly rated, verified traffic lawyers. Parking violations, accidents, DUI/DWI, licensing, registration, and more Protect your vehicle and your rights with expert legal help now (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.Dealer: means every person engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging vehicles of a type required to be registered and who has an established place of business for that purpose in this state. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-1-111Donor: The person who makes a gift.Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Police officer: means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Probate: Proving a willRailroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: 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 1-3-105Statute: A law passed by a legislature.United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Vehicle: 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(1) Antique motor vehicle; (2) Cultural; (3) Dealer; (4) Disabled; (5) Emergency; (6) Firefighter; (7) General assembly; (8) Government service; (9) Judiciary; (10) Legislator Emeritus; (11) Memorial; (12) National Guard; (13) New specialty earmarked; (14) OEM headquarters company; (15) Off-highway vehicles: (A) Class I off-highway vehicles; and (B) Class II off-highway vehicles; (16) Physician; (17) Sheriff; (18) Specialty earmarked; (19) United States house of representatives; (20) United States judge; and (21) United States senate. (b) (1) Registration plates currently provided under the “dealer,” “government service,” “disabled,” and “national guard” categories shall be issued in design configurations and colors which distinguish the plates from those of other categories, and in a manner which would avoid confusion with any other registration plates. (2) Registration plates issued in any other category shall be issued in a design configuration distinctive to that category and determined by the commissioner, and shall bear at the top of the plate the word “Tennessee” or “Tenn” and at the bottom the name of the category. In addition, the plates in each category may bear identifying letter prefixes to distinguish the group within the category, and shall bear identifying number suffixes to identify the individual registrant. (c) The groups within each category having multiple plates shall be as follows: (1) Emergency: (A) Amateur radio; (B) Auxiliary police; (C) Civil air patrol; (D) Civil defense; (E) Rescue squad; (F) Emergency services squad, including, but not limited to, emergency medical technicians and paramedics; (G) Police officer; (H) Trauma physicians; (I) Trauma nurses; (J) On-call surgical personnel; (K) Constables; (L) Tennessee state guard; (M) United States coast guard auxiliary; and (N) Emergency communication dispatchers; (2) Judiciary: (A) Supreme court; (B) Court of appeals; (C) Court of criminal appeals; (D) Chancery court; (E) Circuit court; (F) Probate court; (G) Juvenile court; (H) General sessions court; (I) Retired judges of courts, not-of-record; (J) Municipal court judges; and (K) Magistrates; (3) National Guard: (A) Enlisted; (B) Honorably discharged members; (C) Officers; and (D) Retirees; (4) Memorial: (A) Air Force Cross recipient; (B) Air Medal (Valor) recipients; (C) Bronze Star (Valor) recipients; (D) Disabled veteran; (E) Distinguished Flying Cross recipients; (F) Distinguished Service Cross recipient; (G) Former prisoner of war; (H) Gold star family; (I) Holder of the Purple Heart; (J) Medal of honor recipient;