Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-112 (2026)

Commissioner's authority to enter on property without penalty

✓ current as of May 2026

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The commissioner and all employees under the commissioner's direction, in the performance of their functions and duties under this chapter, may enter into and upon any property, without penalty, upon which an outdoor advertising device is located and make examinations and surveys as may be relevant or dispose of the outdoor advertising device when disposal is provided for under this chapter.

Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 706, s 8, eff. 6/22/2020.

Acts 1972, ch. 655, § 12; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-2612; Acts 1980, ch. 470, § 2; 1983, ch. 133, § 3.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 2008–2015 · leading case: Clear Channel Outdoors v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp., 337 S.W.3d 801 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010).

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Clear Channel Outdoors v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp., 337 S.W.3d 801 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 54-21-112. In addition to requiring states to enact new measures addressing the construction and maintenance of new billboards, federal regulations also allowed states to adopt “grandfather clauses” for billboards erected prior to the adoption of the new laws…”

William H. Thomas, Jr. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-112 (“The commissioner is given full authority to promulgate and enforce and all regulations as required and necessary to fully carry out this chapter and 23 U.”

CBS Outdoor, Inc. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 54-21-112 and - 116. The Department has responsibility for enforcement of the provisions of the Billboard Regulation and Control Act.”

William H. Thomas, Jr. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 54-21-112 , 54-21-116.”

William H. Thomas, Jr. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “The Department has responsibility for enforcement of the provisions of the Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972,1 Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 54-21 -101–54-21-123. See Tenn.”

Universal Outdoor, Inc. v. Tennessee Dep't of Transp. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-105 (a)(4). Tenn.”

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