Driver’s License information can be found at the Tennessee Department of Safety.

Click here for the Motor Vehicle Temporary Lien database.

A Motor Vehicle Temporary Lien may be obtained by filing the following information:

1. A completed Application for Motor Vehicle Temporary Lien, form SS-4258;
2. Payment of the $10 filing fee

Once the application has been processed a cover letter and the form will be returned for your records.

Permanent Certificate of Title and other Motor Vehicle Lien information can be found at the Tennessee Department of Revenue.

The law relating to the Motor Vehicle Temporary Lien program is found in the Tennessee Code at §55-3-126(f).  You can access the Tennessee Code at: Michie/LexisNexis.

Tennessee Secretary of State
Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
MVTL Section
6th Floor, Snodgrass Tower
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243

• Click Here to prepare or file the application online.
• You can find the printable form here.

A temporary lien properly filed with the Business Services Division automatically terminates after 180 days or upon being otherwise perfected, whichever occurs first. After 270 days, the temporary lien documents are purged from the filing system and destroyed.

License Plate information can be found at the Tennessee Department of Revenue.

Yes, you can file a Motor Vehicle Temporary Lien online.

A “Catastrophic Illness Trust” is defined as a trust or custodial account established to benefit those with a catastrophic illness, or a severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization and/or doctors and medicines. Trustees or a bank or trust company acting as trustee are required to provide notice to the Division of Charitable Solicitations on establishment of the trust. This notice is required before soliciting donations in the State of Tennessee.

The trustees, other than a bank or trust company acting as trustee, are also required to file with the Division of Charitable Solicitations an annual accounting of the trust on the anniversary of the establishment of the trust. This accounting must include all revenue and expenditures of the trust. The trustees must keep true and accurate financial records of the trust for no less than three (3) years. In addition, the Secretary of State may compel additional production of documents, exhibits, or things by any person which the Secretary believes to be pertinent in conducting any investigation.