Tennessee § 55-12-118 - Proof of financial responsibility required on final judgment — Suspension or revocation for failure to file proof — Restoration.

§ 55-12-118. Proof of financial responsibility required on final judgment — Suspension or revocation for failure to file proof — Restoration.

Upon receipt of a certified copy of final judgment, the commissioner of safety shall immediately revoke the operator's license of any resident of this state and any nonresident's operating privileges in this state against whom judgment is rendered, if the judgment is not paid within sixty (60) days from the date of final judgment, and no restriction as to time based on the commissioner's authority elsewhere in this chapter shall be a bar to that action under the authority of this section; provided, that any judgment paid to the extent of the limits of financial responsibility specified in § 55-12-102 shall, for the purpose of this section, be considered paid. Immediately upon request by the commissioner of safety, the commissioner of revenue shall revoke all of the motor vehicle registrations of any resident or nonresident against whom the judgment is rendered, if the judgment is not paid within sixty (60) days from the date of final judgment. Subsection (a) shall not apply if the parties to the judgment submit on or before the date of revocation proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the parties have entered into an agreement satisfactory to all parties concerning the payment of their damages. Any license or registration revoked under the authority of this section shall remain revoked until it is stayed, satisfied in full as to the extent outlined in subsection (a) or (b), and until the person whose license and registration were revoked shall give and maintain proof of financial responsibility as required by § 55-12-126, pay a one-hundred-dollar restoration fee as required by § 55-12-129, and pass a driver license examination as a condition precedent to the restoration of such privileges. If the department of safety, pursuant to this subsection (c), reinstates a person's operator's license that has been revoked under the authority of this section, then the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue reinstate that person's motor vehicle registrations revoked under authority of this section and, upon payment to the commissioner of revenue of the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112 or § 55-4-113, the registrations shall be reinstated immediately. Acts 1977, ch. 446, § 18; T.C.A., § 59-1268; Acts 1980, ch. 817, § 6; 1983, ch. 53, § 6; 1986, ch. 842, § 27; 1998, ch. 682, § 5; 2007, ch. 484, § 86. Compiler's Notes. As to licenses issued on or after July 1, 1989, the distinction between “operator's” and “chauffeur's” licenses no longer exists, and all driver licenses are issued in one of the classes specified in § 55-50-102 . See also § 55-50-305 . Law Reviews. Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983).