AUTHORITY:
Tenn. Code Ann. Sections: 55-4-103(f)(2), 55-4-103(f)(3), 55-4-111(a), 55-4-111(b)(4) and (5) 55-4-132(a), 55-4-204(a)(1), 55-4-201, 55-4-202, 55-4-203
PLATE CATEGORY:
Permanent
CLASS CODES:
Vintage: 3025 Issue Year: Original issue year of the plate
(Example: a 1957 Vintage Plate would have the issue year 3025/1957)
DESCRIPTION:
Registrants are permitted to use and register an official Tennessee license plate from the era the vehicle was manufactured in lieu of being issued a standard plate. Registrants can display the official Tennessee license plate on their vehicle both when it is stationary and when it is driving.
Registrants with a vintage plate that was not an official Tennessee license plate are not able to display that vintage plate while driving. If it’s an official Tennessee vintage plate, they don’t have to get an alternative plate and can display the vintage Tennessee plate while stationary and driving.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
Owners or lessees of a motor vehicle older than 25 years with a non-modified engine and body who are residents of the State of Tennessee.
NOTES:
- The Antique Plate Application must be completed and submitted with the application for Certificate of Title and Registration
- The form contains complete instructions for issuance and explains under what circumstances a vehicle using this plate can be operated
- The registrant must provide an official Tennessee license plate issued the same year as the manufacture of the vehicle being registered.
- Vintage plates may be transferred to another vehicle as long as the Vintage plate is placed on a vehicle that falls within the same model year as previous vehicle.
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