{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-14-135","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-135","heading":"Manufacture, sale or possession of farm implement without serial number","body":"(a) (1) No new tractor-drawn major farm implement manufactured as a self-contained unit after December 31, 1968, and designed to be pulled by or attached to a farm tractor and sold as a complete unit, shall be sold or offered for sale at wholesale or retail unless a manufacturer's serial number shall be prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the equipment. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer to see that such an implement is properly supplied with a serial number. (b) Any person who manufactures, distributes, sells or transfers any tractor-drawn major farm implement subject to the requirements of this section without a serial number prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed thereto commits a Class A misdemeanor. (c) This section shall not apply to the sale of parts, components or accessories for major farm implements where serial numbers are not required by law. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.\n(a) (1) No new tractor-drawn major farm implement manufactured as a self-contained unit after December 31, 1968, and designed to be pulled by or attached to a farm tractor and sold as a complete unit, shall be sold or offered for sale at wholesale or retail unless a manufacturer's serial number shall be prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the equipment. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer to see that such an implement is properly supplied with a serial number.\n(1) No new tractor-drawn major farm implement manufactured as a self-contained unit after December 31, 1968, and designed to be pulled by or attached to a farm tractor and sold as a complete unit, shall be sold or offered for sale at wholesale or retail unless a manufacturer's serial number shall be prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the equipment.\n(2) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer to see that such an implement is properly supplied with a serial number.\n(b) Any person who manufactures, distributes, sells or transfers any tractor-drawn major farm implement subject to the requirements of this section without a serial number prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed thereto commits a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) This section shall not apply to the sale of parts, components or accessories for major farm implements where serial numbers are not required by law.","path":["TN Code","Title 39","Chapter 14"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"057912395db0c72865d1cb67ac1b623add7e6b0eb794ff36271e6f4004104c4b","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-14-134","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-14-136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}