Persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles may charge a storage fee for a period exceeding twenty-one (21) days if the last known registered owner of the motor vehicle and all lienholders of record are notified by registered mail, return receipt requested, of intent to charge a storage fee for a period to exceed twenty-one (21) days. This notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the imposition of any additional storage fee.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-23-104
Notice of intent to charge fee beyond 21 days
Known as the Motor Vehicle Storage Act
The act spans §§ 55-23-101 to 55-23-104 (4 sections).
Acts 1980, ch. 779, § 4; 1999, ch. 1, § 2; 2016, ch. 649, §§ 2, 3.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.