Tennessee
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Licenses and IDs
Renew a driver's license$28 for 8 years, online, at a kiosk or at a county clerk. A new photo in person every other renewal. 2 questions.Fee $28 for 8 years ($4 more at a county clerk) · 10 min online, or 1 visitReplace a lost or stolen license$8 online or at a kiosk if you have the DD number from your license. $12 for a second replacement.Fee $8 first, $12 after that · 10 min onlineGet a learner permitFrom 15. A vision screening and the knowledge test, which teens can take online at home. $10.50 under 18.Fee $10.50 under 18, $5.50 from 18 · 1 visitTake the road testAt full-service Driver Services Centers, by appointment. Teens hold the permit 180 days and log 50 hours first.Fee No test fee ($2 if you fail) · 1 visit, by appointmentChange your addressWithin 10 days of moving. Free online or at a kiosk; a new card is optional.Fee Free ($8 for a new card) · 5 min onlineMoving to TennesseeA Tennessee license within 30 days at a full-service center, and your car registered with the county clerk within 30 days.Fee License $28; car $29 plus wheel tax and a title fee, no sales tax on a car you already own · 1 center visit and 1 county clerk visitGet a REAL IDOptional, and no extra fee: $28 at renewal, otherwise the duplicate fee. A star in the corner means you have one.Fee No extra fee · 1 visit
Your car
Renew car registrationEvery year, online, at a kiosk, by mail or at your county clerk. $29 plus your county's wheel tax. 2 questions.Fee $29 plus your county's wheel tax (none to $75) · 10 min onlineBuy or sell a carTitle and register before you drive it. 7% state sales tax plus a little local tax, paid at the county clerk. The seller keeps the plates. 3 questions.Fee 7% sales tax plus up to $88 more, title fee and registration · 1 visit to your county clerkEmissions testTennessee ended emissions testing in 2022, and has no safety inspection. Nothing to do before you renew.Fee None · Nothing to do