This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-12-101
Short title
Known as the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Pritchard v. Eberhardt (In Re Eberhardt) (1988)
Most recently applied in Edward Martin v. Gregory Powers (October 2016)
Acts 1977, ch. 446, § 1; T.C.A., § 59-1251.
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