Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-101 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020."
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 706, s 8, eff. 6/22/2020.
Acts 1972, ch. 655, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-2601.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Thomas v. Schroer, 248 F. Supp. 3d 868 (W.D. Tenn. 2017).
Thomas v. Schroer, 248 F. Supp. 3d 868 (W.D. Tenn. 2017). “Thomas’s noncommercial billboard pursuant to the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972 (“Billboard Act”), Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 54-21-101, et seq. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds the Billboard Act is an unconstitutional, content-based regulation of…”
Coe v. City of Sevierville, 21 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “*239 In 1972, the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972, T.CA. § 54-21-101, et seq., was enacted by the Tennessee Legislature.”
Clear Channel Outdoors v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp., 337 S.W.3d 801 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “The original billboard, which was erected prior to the enactment of the Billboard Regulation and Control Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-101 et seq., was allowed to remain as a nonconforming, grandfathered device.”
Tennison Bros., Inc. v. William H. Thomas, Jr., 556 S.W.3d 697 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). “2017), Thomas argued that TDOT violated his First Amendment rights when it sought to remove a noncommercial billboard Thomas owned, which displayed an American flag, pursuant to the Billboard Regulation and Control Act (“Billboard Act”), Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 54-21-101, et…”
State Ex Rel. Comm'r of the Dep't of Transp. v. Thomas, 336 S.W.3d 588 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “2 The Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 54-21-101 et seq. (“the Act”), governs the construction, operation, and maintenance of billboards adjacent to interstate or primary highway systems in Tennessee.”
Thomas v. Schroer, 116 F. Supp. 3d 869 (W.D. Tenn. 2015). “removed certain of Plaintiffs billboards and signs disr playing noncommercial content pursuant to the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972 (“Billboard Act”), as set forth at Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 54-21-101 et seq. Thomas asserts that the billboards displaying…”
State v. Smith, 618 S.W.2d 474 (Tenn. 1981). “§§ 54 — 17-108 to 112, regulating junkyards, advertising and trash disposal upon “scenic highways,” and T.C.A. §§ 54-21-101 to 118, “The Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972.”
Thomas v. Schroer, 127 F. Supp. 3d 864 (W.D. Tenn. 2015). “Thomas alleges the Tennessee Department of Transportation (“TDOT”) violated his First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights when it removed certain of Thomas’ billboards and signs displaying noncommercial content pursuant to the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972…”
In re Thomas, 596 B.R. 350 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2019). “§ 54-21-101, et seq. However, because of the proximity of the two properties, only one party could be awarded a permit.”
Thomas v. Schroer (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “# 478). 5 Collins refers to the Outdoor Advertising Control Act as the “2020 Billboard Act”; however, as the Tennessee General Assembly has expressly titled it the “Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020” and has stated that it should be cited as such, see Tenn.”
In re Thomas, 565 B.R. 856 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2017). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-101 , et seq. (“the Billboard Act”); see also Tenn.”
William H. Thomas, Jr. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “708 (d), the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 54-21-101 through -123, and Tenn.”
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