Tennessee § 55-1-120 - “Gross weight” defined.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-1-120 — “Gross weight” defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55-1-120. “Gross weight” defined.
“Gross weight” means the weight of a vehicle without load, plus the weight of any load thereon, which, more specifically, includes the total weights of a truck or a truck-tractor and a semitrailer, trailer or pole trailer, or any combination of such vehicles, including the load thereon, towed by one (1) vehicle with motive power. Acts 1957, ch. 244, § 3; 1972, ch. 518, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-120.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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