Smyrna, TN

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, no one can own, keep, or harbor a dog or cat that disturbs the peace and quiet of a neighborhood by loud and frequent barking, whining, or howling…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 11-401 bars playing a radio, instrument, or amplified sound device so as to annoy or disturb others, particularly from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. It…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, building operations in a residential area are barred outside 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee has no single quiet-hours curfew. Section 11-401 bans unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise at all times and singles out 11:00 p.m. to 7:00…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 11-401 prohibits unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise and names car stereos, rattling or grinding vehicles, and exhaust without a…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, Zoning Ordinance Section 1106 caps sound at the property line under a Table of Maximum Permitted Sound Levels keyed to the adjacent land use and…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, a lot under five acres is in violation once grass or weeds reach a height of one foot or more. The fine is up to $50 for each day plus court costs…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 16-102 makes it unlawful for a property owner or occupant to allow tree limbs to project over a street or alley at a height of less than 14 feet, or…

Rutherford County and its water providers have not imposed mandatory watering restrictions; conservation is voluntary. Tennessee sets no statewide homeowner watering ban. During…

Once a tree in unincorporated Rutherford County is designated on an approved tree preservation plan, Zoning Ordinance Section 1104 G.3 requires a 3-foot minimum protective barricade…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee caps residential property at five motorized vehicles under Municipal Code § 15-605, and the definition counts campers, trailers, golf carts, airplanes and…

Under § 15-614 of the Smyrna Municipal Code, a driver in a place the Town has marked as a loading and unloading zone can park only for the expeditious loading or unloading of…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, Municipal Code § 15-604 bars parking in front of a public or private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 15-608 makes it unlawful to park any vehicle on any street between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless the vehicle sits in a designated and marked…

Smyrna, Tennessee requires motorized vehicles on residential property to sit on a paved, concreted, rock, or gravel driveway, another engineered porous surface, or inside a roofed…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, no one can park, store, or leave an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, rusted, or junked motor vehicle on public or private property for…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee bars parking a commercial-use motor vehicle over 12,000 pounds gross vehicular rated weight on a public street in a residential zoning district or on any…

Tennessee rewrote its towing law twice in two years. The Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act of 2025, at T.C.A. §§ 55-31-101 to 55-31-307, deleted…

Recreational fires in the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, need no permit if the open fire sits at least twenty-five (25) feet from any structure or combustible material and the fuel area…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, allows only D.O.T. Class C Common/1.4G consumer fireworks, sold at retail from June 20 through July 5 and December 20 through January 2. Title 7, Chapter…

Open burning in the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, needs a permit from the Fire Department unless an exemption applies. Title 7, Chapter 5 sorts permits into land clearing, residential…

Tennessee sets no wildfire defensible-space or brush-clearance mandate for homeowners in Rutherford County. Overgrowth is handled as a nuisance/high-grass matter, and any cleared brush…

Tennessee makes the 2008 NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code its statewide minimum standard for propane storage and handling, enforced by the State Fire Marshal's Division of Fire…

Tennessee Division of Forestry has statewide authority over wildfire prevention, declares hazard seasons, and may issue burn bans during drought conditions affecting all residents.

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, no one can keep chickens, other domestic fowl, cows, horses, goats, or similar livestock within 1,000 feet of any residence, place of business, or…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful to own, keep, or harbor a cat that is not vaccinated against rabies and registered under the state Anti-Rabies Law, or that does not…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful to knowingly permit a dog you own or control to run at large within the corporate limits. Owners can be prosecuted even after a loose…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, the code regulates a dog by behavior, not breed: no one can own or keep a dog known to be vicious or dangerous unless it is confined or securely…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful for a retail pet store to sell or offer for sale a dog or cat. Stores can host a shelter or rescue's adoption showcase if they hold no…

The county has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but the PAWS Rules make neglect and cruelty unlawful and let officers seize animals kept without adequate food, water, shelter…

Unincorporated Rutherford County splits veterinary uses in two: large-animal veterinary services need a Board of Zoning Appeals special exception in the AR and RL districts, while…

Tennessee's Apiary Act of 1995 requires every beekeeper who owns one or more colonies to register each apiary location with the state apiarist, then re-register every three years. New…

Tennessee classifies wild animals into five classes under TWRA rules and prohibits private possession of Class I species like big cats and great apes statewide, regardless of city…

Converting a detached garage or accessory building into living space in unincorporated Rutherford County is treated as creating an accessory dwelling unit. It is allowed only where the…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is allowed by-right in any residential district on a lot of at least one acre, with only one ADU per single-family…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a shed and other detached accessory structures must sit at least 5 feet from side and rear property lines, stay out of the front yard unless the…

There is no separate tiny-home rule in unincorporated Rutherford County. A permanent tiny dwelling is regulated either as a single-family home or, on a lot with an existing house, as…

Rutherford County won't let you rent an accessory dwelling unit to just anyone. Zoning Ordinance § 1101 Q.2.a requires the ADU to be occupied by the owner's family members, as the…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, an accessory dwelling unit is not investment property: Zoning Ordinance § 1101 Q.1.a requires the property owner to actually live in either the…

Adding an accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Rutherford County triggers a county development tax under Zoning Ordinance § 1101 Q.1.d, on top of a recorded use covenant and extra…

Before renting, you must obtain an initial business license through the Rutherford County Clerk (and your city) and register for state and local taxes. Airbnb, VRBO, and privately…

Rutherford County hosts owe three taxes: state business tax on gross receipts, state and local sales tax, and a 5% occupancy (hotel/motel) tax paid monthly to the county and city…

Every residential pool in unincorporated Rutherford County must be enclosed by a barrier at least four feet high. Tennessee follows the 2018 IRC Appendix G, requiring a 48-inch barrier…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, any swimming pool, hot tub, or spa holding more than 24 inches of water needs a building permit from County Building Codes, and the owner signs a…

Retaining walls are allowed within required yards in all Rutherford County zoning districts as a permitted obstruction, provided they do not impede the vision triangle or block natural…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, residential fences may not exceed 8 feet in side and rear yards. Front-yard fences may reach 8 feet only if of transparent construction (split…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, the Zoning Ordinance bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire and electrified fencing on residential property, along with plywood, scrap…

Tennessee's partition fence statute requires adjoining landowners using land for crops or livestock to share fence costs equally. The law applies statewide and cannot be overridden by…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a private home may care for up to four children without a state license as a by-right accessory use under Zoning Ordinance Section 403 A.2.i…

Rutherford County caps client traffic at a minor home-based business under Section 1101 N.2.e: no more than 5 customer or client visits in any single day, and no more than 2 customers…

Section 1101 N of the Zoning Ordinance lets a home-based business operate inside a residential dwelling or its accessory building in unincorporated Rutherford County, but bars any…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a major home-based business approved by special exception may post only one sign, capped at five square feet, and it must be attached to the…

Tennessee runs one of the loosest cottage food regimes in the country. The Tennessee Food Freedom Act, T.C.A. § 53-1-118, exempts homemade food items from state licensing, permitting…

Tennessee does not issue a microenterprise home kitchen permit because it does not require one. Under the Tennessee Food Freedom Act, T.C.A. § 53-1-118, producing and selling homemade…

Title 14, Chapter 6 of the Smyrna Municipal Code, the Stormwater Management Ordinance, governs all properties within the corporate limits of the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee. Development…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, a grading permit from the Public Works Department is required when land disturbing activity disturbs one or more acres, and smaller jobs are covered…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a development permit is required before any grading, filling, or construction begins in a Special Flood Hazard Area. New structures must be…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, new homes and substantially improved residences in AE flood zones must have their lowest floor built at least 3 feet above the Base Flood…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 15-509 bars a pedestrian from starting to cross the roadway on a Wait or Don't Walk signal, and gives a pedestrian on the Walk signal the…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful to stand, sit, or engage in any activity on a public street, sidewalk, bridge, or public ground in a way that blocks the free passage…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, bans panhandling at bus stops, sidewalk cafés, schools, near bank entrances and ATMs, near building entrances, on posted private property, and on any day…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful to drink, consume, or hold an open can or bottle of beer or intoxicating liquor on any public street, alley, sidewalk, public park…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee adopts the International Energy Conservation Code, 2024 edition, by reference in Title 12, Chapter 7 of its municipal code. The Town Council edited four…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, the codes enforcement and inspection division enforces the building, plumbing, gas, housing, and health codes and issues building and occupancy…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee adopts the National Electric Code, 2017 edition, in Title 12, Chapter 11, with local edits. Only designated circuits are energized after a service release…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code with local amendments: 100% in the permit fee refund section, a sewer depth of 12, a water service pipe of 1…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, the Town Council adopted the 2024 International Residential Code but deleted Section R309, Automatic fire sprinkler systems, in its entirety. The…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, adopted the 2024 International Building Code and International Residential Code on March 10, 2026, and set the work-exempt-from-permit thresholds at 100…

A child care center in unincorporated Rutherford County must provide an on-site loading and unloading area so parents' vehicles never back onto a street or sidewalk, and must show…

Title 13, Chapter 1 of the Smyrna Municipal Code lists the everyday nuisance violations in the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee: open storage of appliances and rubbish, litter on construction…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, a property owner who receives a written nuisance notice from the building official has ten days from mailing or service to request a hearing before…

Anyone who sees a zoning violation in unincorporated Rutherford County can file a written complaint with the Director of Building Codes under Zoning Ordinance Section 1410 A. The…

Section 13-104 of the Smyrna Municipal Code lets the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee clean an overgrown or dirty lot at the owner's expense after a ten-day notice, and place a lien on the…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful for an owner of record to create, maintain, or permit a structure that is unfit for human occupation because of dilapidation, fire…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful to let premises harbor the breeding of flies, rodents, or other vermin, and all animal feed must be stored in a rat-proof and fly-tight…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, makes it unlawful to steal, pilfer, or rummage through materials deposited in a recyclable material collection facility. Recycling centers are also…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee provides free chipper service to residential citizens inside the corporate limits under Municipal Code § 17-108. Limbs cannot exceed six inches in…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, Municipal Code § 17-107 bans disposing of refuse in any quantity, in any public or private place, other than at the sites the Town Council designates…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 11-401(1)(m) bars garbage pick-up by commercial garbage and waste businesses from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 10:00 p.m…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 17-104 requires refuse containers to sit adjacent to and back of the curb at scheduled collection times, and within six feet of the alley line where…

Tennessee sets a statewide goal to cut per-capita municipal solid waste sent to landfills and incinerators by 25 percent, enforced against each of the state's municipal solid waste…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, it is unlawful for anyone under 18 to remain in a public place, in a motor vehicle on a public place, or on an establishment's premises from 12:30…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, Municipal Code § 16-101 bars any person from using or occupying a public street, alley, sidewalk, or right-of-way to store, sell, or exhibit goods…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 16-109 requires occupants of property abutting a sidewalk to keep it clean and, immediately after snow or sleet, to remove accumulated snow and ice…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 16-210 requires a permit from the Director of Public Works to cut, build, or maintain a driveway across a curb or sidewalk. A driveway cannot exceed…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee levies a privilege tax on transients who occupy a hotel room for less than 30 continuous days. The Town Council sets the rate in its annual fee schedule…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, reclaimed water can only be used for town-approved purposes, and every use needs a town permit before service begins. The Town Council can also…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 16-110 makes it unlawful to parade without a permit from the Chief of Police. Applications are due at least seven days ahead with a $100 processing…

A carnival, circus or street fair on unincorporated Rutherford County land needs a Board of Zoning Appeals temporary use permit issued as a Special Exception. Section 1101 M.1 caps…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee has no delivery-truck rule by name. Section 11-401 bans loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading any vehicle, and bars commercial garbage…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee does not name generators, but § 11-401(1)(g) requires the exhaust of any stationary internal combustion engine to pass through a muffler or other device…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, outdoor HVAC equipment counts as a permitted yard obstruction under Section 1101 C.2.e only if it sits at least 18 inches from the property line…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, § 11-702 makes it unlawful to stand, sit, or engage in any activity on a public street, sidewalk, bridge, or public ground in a way that prevents…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, a commercial solicitor cannot enter or remain at a home that is on the town's no-solicitation registry or that has a clearly posted sign. The Town…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, no peddler, street barker, solicitor or transient vendor can work without a permit under Title 9, Chapter 1. A separate permit is required for each…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, exempts contained cooking fires from the open burning permit under Title 7, Chapter 5. Portable grills are covered by the recreational fire standards in…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, a permitted peddler or vendor gets no exclusive right to a location in the public streets and cannot hold a stationary spot there. Operating in a…

Tennessee Department of Health regulates mobile food units statewide through Rule 1200-23-01, requiring food service permits, commissary agreements, and inspections that cities cannot…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee sets habitability standards through the International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 edition, adopted in Section 12-801 with local edits. Those edits fix…

In URLTA counties, Tenn. Code 66-28-505 gives a tenant 14 days to cure nonpayment of rent or another remediable breach before the lease terminates. Dangerous or violent conduct allows…

In URLTA counties, a Tennessee landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice before entering to show the unit to prospective tenants in the last 30 days of tenancy, may enter without…

In URLTA counties, Tenn. Code 66-28-201(d) caps any late fee at 10% of the rent past due and requires a five-day grace period before a fee may be charged. If the grace period ends on a…

In URLTA counties, Tenn. Code 66-28-512 lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date, and a week-to-week tenancy…

Tennessee has no statewide rent control and no cap on rent increases. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-35-102, no local government may enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance controlling…

Tennessee's Short-Term Rental Unit Act limits how local governments can regulate vacation rentals and grandfathers properties operating before local bans took effect.

Tennessee sets no statutory cap on security deposits. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-301, landlords in counties over 75,000 must hold deposits in a separate account, let the tenant…

Tennessee adverse possession requires 7 years of possession when the claimant holds recorded color of title (Tenn. Code 28-2-101 to -102), or 20 years of open, continuous, hostile…

The Town of Smyrna, Tennessee prohibits shared dockless scooters and bikes town-wide. Section 15-802 makes it unlawful to provide or offer a Dockless Small Vehicle anywhere within the…

Tennessee rebuilt this area in 2025. Public Chapter 255 repealed Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-191, the old low speed and medium speed vehicle section, effective April 24, 2025, and folded…

In the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, no adult-oriented establishment can operate without a town license processed through the Police Chief, and no license issues unless the premises are…

Rutherford County bans automobile and vehicle repair as a home-based business in unincorporated areas. Zoning Ordinance § 1101 N.2.f lists it among activities the Planning Director…

Tennessee regulates vapor product retailers under T.C.A. 39-17-1504 and related statutes, requiring age verification, restricting youth access, and prohibiting sales to those under 21.

In unincorporated Rutherford County, temporary non-commercial signs, including political and campaign signs, may be posted on any residential lot at any time. On lots of five acres or…

Garage and yard-sale signs are temporary signs under Section 1206 of the Rutherford County Zoning Ordinance. They must be removed within 48 hours of no longer serving a purpose, cannot…

Ground signs facing I-24 in unincorporated Rutherford County get their own category under Zoning Ordinance Section 1205 B.3.g: one Interstate On-Site Ground Sign per lot, up to 200…

Window signs in unincorporated Rutherford County don't need a sign permit, but Zoning Ordinance Section 1205 A.7 caps their total area at 25 percent of the window or glass door they're…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, electronic message signs are regulated as automatic changeable copy under Zoning Ordinance Section 1205 G, not banned outright. The county requires…

The Rutherford County Zoning Ordinance defines light trespass as light from an outdoor luminaire that shines beyond the property at a brightness exceeding 0.1 foot-candles at the…

Rutherford County has no formal dark-sky ordinance, but its zoning performance standards require all site lighting to be shielded so that substantially all directly emitted light falls…

Off-premise billboards along I-24 in unincorporated Rutherford County must use external lighting only, with no internal illumination, under Zoning Ordinance Section 1205 B.3.i.v. The…

Unincorporated Rutherford County's Table 1 sets residential setbacks by district: AR requires a 50-foot front, 20-foot rear and 10-foot side yard, tightening to a 30-foot front and…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, the maximum building height is 35 feet in the AR, RL, and RM residential districts (45 feet in RMF Multi-Family). Accessory structures also may not…

Unincorporated Rutherford County caps how much of a lot a building can cover by district: 20% for residential uses in the AR and RL districts and 40% flat in the RM district, per Table…

Unincorporated Rutherford County's AR Agricultural Residential district protects farming outright: crop and animal raising is a permitted use, farm buildings are exempt from the…

Any landscaping plan filed with unincorporated Rutherford County cannot include a tree species on the Planning Department's "do not plant tree list" under Zoning Ordinance Section 1104…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a minor subdivision of up to three lots off a private street or road easement can skip full Subdivision Regulations compliance only if the…

Tennessee has no general homeowners' association assessment statute, so a subdivision HOA's dues, budget, and late fees come from its recorded declaration rather than from state law…

A Tennessee condominium association must hold at least one meeting of the members every year, and notice of any meeting must go out not less than 10 and not more than 60 days in…

Since July 1, 2026 a Tennessee homeowners' association may not prohibit a property owner from installing an electric vehicle charging station for personal use on the owner's own…

Tennessee law voids any homeowners' association covenant or rule that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, a property owner from flying the flag of the United States or an…

Tennessee sets no dollar cap on association fines. The only fining statute in the state is T.C.A. § 66-27-402(a)(11) in the Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008, which lets a unit owners'…

A Tennessee condominium association has an automatic lien on a unit from the moment an assessment or a fine falls due, and T.C.A. § 66-27-415(a)(1) lets it foreclose that lien by…

Tennessee does not cap rentals, set a minimum lease term or fix a vote threshold for adopting a leasing amendment. What it does instead is grandfather you: under T.C.A. § 66-27-703 an…

Unincorporated Rutherford County caps a yard sale of household items or home-grown produce at three days within any 90-day period, and no more than four sales a year per property…

Because Tennessee prohibits marijuana sale and distribution, no recreational or full medical dispensaries may legally operate, and municipalities cannot authorize dispensary land uses…

Tennessee prohibits all marijuana cultivation, possession, and personal use under Tenn. Code Title 39 Chapter 17, leaving no authority for municipalities to legalize home growing.

Tennessee prohibits local governments from setting minimum wages above the federal floor under T.C.A. 50-2-112, reserving wage authority exclusively to the state.

Tennessee bars local governments from mandating paid sick or family leave on private employers under T.C.A. 50-2-112, leaving leave decisions to employer discretion.

Tennessee preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under T.C.A. 50-2-112, preventing cities from regulating private employer scheduling practices.

Tennessee allows permitless concealed and open carry for adults 21 and older (or qualified 18-20 year olds) under T.C.A. 39-17-1307 and 1351, with optional enhanced and concealed…

Tennessee law preempts virtually all local regulation of firearms, ammunition, and components, reserving authority exclusively to the state legislature under T.C.A. 39-17-1314.

Open carry of handguns is lawful in Tennessee under permitless carry, but rifles and shotguns are subject to general unlawful-carry rules in T.C.A. 39-17-1307.

Tennessee allows eligible adults to carry handguns openly or concealed in private motor vehicles without a permit under T.C.A. 39-17-1351 and 39-17-1307, preempting stricter local…

Tennessee bans gambling outright, but Title 3, Chapter 17 lets a qualifying 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) nonprofit run one raffle, reverse raffle, cakewalk, cake wheel, or bingo event per…

Tennessee's gambling statute contains no exemption for private, social, or friends-only wagering. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-501(1) defines gambling as risking anything of value on a…

The Tennessee General Assembly has never passed a checkpoint statute. The phrases sobriety checkpoint and checkpoint return zero results in a full-text search of the Tennessee Code…

Tennessee has never enacted a statute granting a right to record police, and a full-text search of the Tennessee Code turns up no such provision. What it has instead, since July 1…

Tennessee got its first identification statute on July 1, 2025, and it deliberately stops short of a duty to identify. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-611 lets an officer ask for your name…

Tennessee has not legislated on consent to search a vehicle. There is no statutory logging duty, no odor rule, and no clause saying lawful possession of anything cannot justify a…

Tennessee preempts local plastic bag bans and fees under T.C.A. § 7-51-2002 (enacted 2019), which makes the state the exclusive regulator of auxiliary containers such as bags.

Tennessee has no solar-access law overriding HOA covenants, so a homeowners association may restrict or prohibit rooftop solar panels. The Solar Access Law of 1979 (T.C.A. § 66-9-201…

Tennessee does not impose a statewide flavor ban on tobacco or vape products, and local flavor bans are generally preempted by uniform state licensing under Title 39, Chapter 17, Part…

Tennessee allows auxiliary road lighting lamps, but T.C.A. § 55-9-402(a)(2) lets only two of them burn at any one time on top of the two required headlights. Anything that shows to the…

Tennessee is one of the few states whose statute names the windshield as a lawful place to put a device. Section 55-8-199(b)(2)(A) permits a device "mounted on the vehicle's…

Tennessee prohibits lane splitting outright. Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-182(c) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of…

Tennessee draws a hard line on plate covers. Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-110(b) says no tinted materials may be placed over a license plate "even if the information upon the license plate…

A radar detector is legal to own, carry and use in a private passenger vehicle in Tennessee. A full text search of the Tennessee Code returns no provision using the phrase "radar…

Tennessee allows studded tires, but only during a fixed statewide season that runs from October 1 through April 15 each year. Outside that window Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-9-106(a) bans any…

Tennessee sets a single figure for every window on a car: aftermarket film may not drop visible light transmittance below 35 percent, and nothing except the manufacturer's standard…