55-2-108 - Seizure of documents and plates Review of commissioner's action.

55-2-108. Seizure of documents and plates Review of commissioner's action.

(a)  The department is authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, certificate of registration, permit or license or license plate issued by the department or by any county clerk, if that document or plate is fictitious, has been issued in error or unlawfully, contains erroneous information, or has been ordered revoked, cancelled or suspended by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b)  An action by the commissioner with regard to subsection (a) or an action by the commissioner in issuing or refusing to issue any certificate of registration, permit, license or license plate shall be reviewed in the manner provided for in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3, and in § 67-1-105; provided, that the party aggrieved by the action makes a written request for a formal hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act within ten (10) days of the action complained of.

[Acts 1951, ch. 70, § 23 (Williams, § 5538.123); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-208; Acts 2007, ch. 484, § 6.]