Section 1340-06-01-.24 - HOMEMADE AND/OR MATERIALLY RECONSTRUCTED TRAILERS, SEMITRAILERS AND POLE TRAILERS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION(1) This rule applies to trailers, semi-trailers, or pole trailers which are: (a) Homemade or materially reconstructed as defined in these rules; and(b) Required to be titled or registered under T.C.A. § 55-4-101 et seq.(2) This rule does not apply to any trailers, semi trailers, or pole trailers which are: (a) Trailers owned by farmers and used for agricultural purposes or hauling livestock between farm and market, and implements designed for carrying and distributing fertilizer as described in T.C.A. § 55-4-113(a)(5)(C);(b) Trailers used solely for the transportation of boats for a non-commercial purpose;(c) Trailers drawn by an automobile for a noncommercial purpose except for house trailers (required to be registered under classes (D)(ii) and (D)(iii) of T.C.A. § 55-4-111) and rental trailers (required to be registered under class (D)(i) of T.C.A. § 55-4-111). (3) Any trailer, to which this rule applies as described in sections (1) and (2) of this rule, shall not be titled or registered for operation over the roads and highways of Tennessee nor shall it be operated, drawn, or pulled over state highways and roads until the Department has certified that said trailer is in compliance with Department trailer safety rules.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1340-06-01-.24
Original rule certified May 9, 1974. Rule 1340-06-010-.24 was transferred from rule 1220-02-01-.24 by the Secretary of State with editorial changes pursuant to Public Chapter 305 of 1995 and Public Chapter 826 of 2002; effective March 28, 2003. Emergency rule filed August 16, 2011; effective through February 12, 2012. Repeal and new rule filed August 16, 2011; effective January 29, 2012.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 55-4-101 et seq., 65-15-106 and 65-15-113.