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Tennessee

Live on this state’s ALPR statute. The occupancy form on file is not a named ALPR highway instrument. A live card is not a permit in hand.

Statute
Open the workbenchThe method
Highway system
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State highways under the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Statutory definition of the state highway system is not packed in this build. This is not Florida’s State Highway System.

tn.gov/tdot/right-of-way-division.html and tn.gov/tdot.html reset the connection on 1 Sept 2026 (curl 35).

Owner
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Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). Not Mississippi MDOT, not Michigan MDOT, not KYTC, not ODOT, not INDOT.

Agency name is the established DOT title. TDOT pages tried this hunt did not return. Do not treat a city resolution as TDOT’s install spec.

Right-of-way
Not retrieved
not packed. Tennessee’s statutory ROW definition is not packed in this build. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
Public records
Primary
Tennessee Public Records Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503 (as restated by the Comptroller’s Office of Open Records Counsel)). Who may request: Tennessee citizens (Comptroller FAQ quoting § 10-7-503(a)(2)(A) in substance: the Act grants Tennessee citizens the right to access state, county and municipal public records). Governmental entities may make records accessible to individuals who are not citizens. Official TCA text is Lexis-licensed and was not packed from the publisher. Captured plate data is a separate confidentiality rule under § 10-7-504(a)(32) — see alprStatute. Comptroller OORC is a state office restating the Act. The licensed TCA page was not retrieved. Plate-data confidentiality is packed from session law, not from this FAQ.

Comptroller OORC is a state office restating the Act. The licensed TCA page was not retrieved. Plate-data confidentiality is packed from session law, not from this FAQ.

Open meetings
Primary
Tennessee Open Meetings Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-102 (as quoted by the Comptroller OORC FAQ))

Comptroller FAQ quotes § 8-44-102 on what is a meeting (a group formed by a single individual is not; on-site inspections, chance meetings, and informational workshops are not if there is no deliberation toward a vote). Full chapter text was not packed from licensed TCA.

ALPR statute
Primary
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-10-302, 10-7-504(a)(32) — Automated license plate recognition system — Limitation on storage of data; confidential records (captured plate data). § 55-10-302 (Pub. Ch. 625, 2014, § 1; official SOS PDF; 2025 compiled history is that chapter only): governmental captured plate data from an automated license plate recognition system — defined as one or more fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert plate images into computer-readable data; captured plate data is GPS-device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by or derived from the system — may not be stored for more than ninety (90) days unless retained or stored as part of an ongoing investigation, and in that case shall be destroyed at the conclusion of either an investigation that files no criminal charges or any criminal action involving the data. § 10-7-504(a)(32) (Pub. Ch. 201, 2021, compiled as (a)(32)): captured plate data from automatic license plate reader systems (mobile or fixed high-speed cameras + algorithms) must be treated as confidential and shall not be open for inspection by members of the public. Subdivision (a)(32)(B) repealed (a)(32) effective 1 July 2026; Pub. Ch. 672 (2026) (SB 1879 / HB 1642) deleted (a)(32)(B) before that date, so the confidentiality rule remains in force. These are use, retention, and records-exemption statutes. They are not a TDOT ROW permit. Retention: Ninety (90) days for governmental captured plate data unless stored as part of an ongoing investigation; then destroy at the conclusion of an investigation that files no charges, or of any criminal action involving the data (§ 55-10-302(b), Pub. Ch. 625)..

Official session-law PDFs from publications.tnsosfiles.com (Tennessee Secretary of State). Licensed Lexis TCA was not packed. 2025 Justia reprint of § 55-10-302 matches ch. 625 and lists no later amendment; 2025 Justia of § 10-7-504 still prints the pre-PC-672 sunset — that reprint is not current on (a)(32). Do not promote a White House city form to a TDOT instrument. Do not pack Johnson City Flock dollars, camera counts, or term of years.

ROW permit
Unofficial
TDOT ALPR install instrument not retrieved from a TDOT page. A City of White House resolution (24-12, 17 Oct 2024) attaches a form titled “Application for License to Install and Operate Law Enforcement Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Cameras on State Highway Right-of-Way” and cites Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-198(f). That is a city procurement/approval record, not a TDOT manual.. Who may apply: Not packed from TDOT. The city-hosted form (unofficial) describes local LEA or local government on behalf of local LEA after legislative-body approval, and state law-enforcement agencies. Do not treat that as the statewide install spec.. Johnson City’s 10-year Flock “Safe City” contract is a CITY procurement record, not a TDOT install spec. Do not pack $970,375 or 145 cameras. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use. Live status is the ALPR statute, not this city form.

Johnson City’s 10-year Flock “Safe City” contract is a CITY procurement record, not a TDOT install spec. Do not pack $970,375 or 145 cameras. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use. Live status is the ALPR statute, not this city form.

Install process in this state

Retention and confidentiality are official session law. TDOT’s ALPR license remains unofficial (city-hosted form). Johnson City Flock dollars/cameras/term are not packed.

  1. This is Tennessee. Not Florida’s General Use Permit, not Minnesota’s OLPA, not Utah’s ALPRS Special Use + Encroachment, not ODOT’s vendor-applied LPR Other Permit, not INDOT POM 21-02. Do not import those instruments.
  2. Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-302 (Pub. Ch. 625, 2014) is the 90-day storage statute. It is not a ROW permit. Governmental captured plate data may not be stored more than 90 days unless part of an ongoing investigation; then destroy at the end of an uncharged investigation or of the criminal action.
  3. Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-504(a)(32) (Pub. Ch. 201, 2021; sunset in (a)(32)(B) deleted by Pub. Ch. 672, 2026) treats captured plate data as confidential and not open for public inspection. That is a records exemption, not an install spec.
  4. TDOT’s own ALPR license page was not retrieved (tn.gov ROW URL reset). A White House city PDF attaches a TDOT-titled license application citing § 55-8-198(f). That city record is unofficial. Do not ship it as the statewide spec.
  5. Johnson City’s Flock “Safe City” contract (term of years, dollar figure, camera count) is a city procurement record. It is not TDOT’s install instrument and is not packed here.
  6. Records: Tennessee Public Records Act to the records custodian. Comptroller OORC: Tennessee citizens under § 10-7-503. Captured plate data: cite § 10-7-504(a)(32), not only 10-7-503. Open Meetings: Comptroller FAQ quotes § 8-44-102. Split clerk (votes), purchasing (contract), police (policy/logs). Add the TDOT license file only when a TDOT primary is packed.

Primary

Where to ask

  • City or county records custodian / clerk

    Minutes, resolutions, vote records (Tennessee Public Records Act; Open Meetings § 8-44-102 as restated by OORC)

  • Purchasing / finance

    Contract, amendments, invoices — including any city Flock or camera procurement. Those are city records, not TDOT’s install spec.

  • Police records

    Use policy, audit logs, captured-plate data (confidential under § 10-7-504(a)(32); 90-day destruction under § 55-10-302)

  • TDOT Right-of-Way / Excess Land (lead only)

    If a license application exists, the permit/license file. Desk is a lead from a city-hosted form, not from a TDOT page.

SupportedEvidence
Tennessee currently requires governmental captured plate data from an automated license plate recognition system to be destroyed at 90 days unless retained as part of an ongoing investigation, and then destroyed at the conclusion of an uncharged investigation or of the criminal action (Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-302(b)).

tn-pc625

SupportedEvidence
Captured plate data from automatic license plate reader systems is confidential and not open for public inspection under Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-504(a)(32).

Pub. Ch. 201 (2021) added the rule with a 1 July 2026 repeal in (a)(32)(B). Pub. Ch. 672 (2026) deleted (a)(32)(B) before that date.

tn-pc201 · tn-pc672

UnprovenInference
TDOT’s current statewide instrument for ALPR on state-highway ROW is an Excess Land license applied for at [email protected].

That path appears only in a city-hosted copy of a TDOT-titled form. TDOT’s own page was not retrieved. Not packed as the install instrument.

tn-whitehouse-24-12

DisputedAssumption
Johnson City’s Flock contract is Tennessee’s install spec.

City procurement record. Not packed. No dollar figure, camera count, or term of years belongs in this pack.

Sources in this pack

What was checked

  1. 2026-09-01

    https://www.tn.gov/tdot/right-of-way-division.html and https://www.tn.gov/tdot.html

    Connection reset (curl 35). TDOT primary ROW/ALPR page not retrieved.

  2. 2026-09-01

    https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-55/chapter-10/part-3/section-55-10-302/ and /title-10/chapter-7/part-5/section-10-7-504/

    Earlier this hunt: HTTP 403 Cloudflare. Later retrieval returned 2025 compiled text: § 55-10-302 matches Pub. Ch. 625 (history Acts 2014, ch. 625, § 1). § 10-7-504(a)(32) still prints “[Repealed effective July 1, 2026]” — that is the 2025 compilation, stale after Pub. Ch. 672. Packed from SOS public-chapter PDFs, not from Justia as current law.

  3. 2026-09-01

    https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/108/pub/pc0625.pdf

    Primary. Pub. Ch. 625 (SB 1664 / HB 2101, 2014). Full § 55-10-302 text: 90-day governmental storage cap unless ongoing investigation; then destroy at uncharged investigation or criminal action. Effective 1 July 2014.

  4. 2026-09-01

    https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc0201.pdf

    Primary. Pub. Ch. 201 (SB 699 / HB 809, 2021). Adds 10-7-504(a) captured-plate-data confidentiality (compiled as (a)(32)) with repeal effective 1 July 2026.

  5. 2026-09-01

    https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0672.pdf and https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1879&ga=114 and https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1879.pdf

    Primary. Pub. Ch. 672 (SB 1879 / HB 1642). Deletes 10-7-504(a)(32)(B) (the 1 July 2026 repeal). G.A. bill page: signed 13 Apr 2026, effective upon becoming law. Confidentiality of captured plate data remains in force.

  6. 2026-09-01

    https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/automated-license-plate-readers-state-statutes

    HTTP 403 this hunt. Prior pack used NCSL 2022 lead: Tenn. Code §§ 55-10-302, 10-7-504(a); 90-day storage unless ongoing investigation; captured plate data confidential. Superseded by packed session law.

  7. 2026-09-01

    https://comptroller.tn.gov/office-functions/open-records-counsel/open-meetings/frequently-asked-questions/tennessee-public-records-act-faqs.html and .../tennessee-open-meetings-act-faqs.html

    Primary Comptroller restatement of TPRA (Tennessee citizens; § 10-7-503) and Open Meetings FAQ quoting § 8-44-102.

  8. 2026-09-01

    https://www.whitehousetn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/411/24-12-PDF

    Unofficial: City of White House Res. 24-12 attaches a TDOT-titled ALPR license application and cites § 55-8-198(f). City record, not a TDOT page. Not packed as the install instrument.

  9. 2026-09-01

    https://www.mtjuliet-tn.gov/1561/Guardian-Shield-License-Plate-Reader-Pro

    Unofficial: city program page quotes T.C.A. § 55-10-302 (90-day storage) and a 10-7-504(a) confidentiality amendment. Not the licensed Code. Not used as the packed statute.

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