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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 9 : Vehicle Impoundment Lot

15-903 : Vehicles subject to impoundment.[11]

Members of the police department shall have the authority to impound any vehicle, by towing such vehicle to the vehicle impoundment lot, under the following circumstances:

  1. When a vehicle is parked, stopped, or standing upon an alley, street or highway so as to obstruct or impede the flow of traffic thereon or endanger the safety of the public.
  2. When a vehicle is parked, stopped, or standing in violation of § 15-703 of this code.
  3. When the vehicle is blocking access to ramps for handicapped persons.
  4. Drug related impoundment.11
  5. Title law. (as added by Ord. #2015-14, Jan. 2016)
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State law references
Tennessee Code Annotated, § 53-11-201.
Tennessee Code Annotated, § 55-3-127.