To avoid distracting other drivers and thereby reduce the likelihood of accidents arising from lack of attention or concentration, the display of obscene and patently offensive movies, bumper stickers, window signs or other markings on or in a motor vehicle that are visible to other drivers is prohibited and display of such materials shall subject the owner of the vehicle on which they are displayed, upon conviction, to a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). “Obscene” or “patently offensive” has the meaning specified in § 39-17-901.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-187
Obscene or patently offensive bumper stickers, window signs, or other markings prohibited
Known as the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act
The act spans §§ 55-8-101 to 55-8-307 (115 sections).
Acts 1988, ch. 764, § 1; 1996, ch. 675, § 64; 2004, ch. 796, § 1; 2011, ch. 58, § 1.
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.