Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 (2026)
Sexual, violent sexual, violent juvenile sexual offender identification - Human trafficker identification
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) When the department issues or renews a driver license or photo identification card to a sexual offender, violent sexual offender or violent juvenile sexual offender as required by § 40-39-213, the driver license or photo identification card shall bear a designation sufficient to enable a law enforcement officer to identify the bearer of the license or card as a sexual offender, violent sexual offender or violent juvenile sexual offender.
- (b) When the department issues or renews a driver license or photo identification license to a person convicted of a human trafficking offense, as defined in § 39-13-314, the driver license or photo identification license must bear a designation sufficient to enable a law enforcement officer to identify the bearer of the license as a person who has been convicted of a human trafficking offense.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1015, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Acts 2008 , ch. 1143, § 2; 2011 , ch. 483, § 24.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case: Jackson v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2021).
Jackson v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2021). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . Because “[s]tate-issued photo ID is a virtual necessity these days” and must be shown “to enter some businesses, to cash checks, to get a job, to buy certain items, and more,” Doe 1 v.”
Reid v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . He is required to carry his driver’s license or equivalent government-issued photo identification card whenever outside his home.”
Jordan v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . He is required to carry his driver’s license or equivalent government-issued photo identification card whenever outside his home.”
Jordan v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2020). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . He is required to carry his driver’s license or equivalent government-issued photo identification card whenever outside his home.”
Doe v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2021). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . As a result, any time that Doe is required to show someone his driver’s license, he is, in effect, required to divulge his status on the sexual offender registry.”
Does 1 - 8 v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2023). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . He is required to carry his driver’s license or equivalent government-issued photo identification card whenever outside his home.”
Doe v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-353 . He is required to carry his driver’s license or equivalent government-issued photo identification card whenever outside his home.”
Michael Crist v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025). “At one time, Louisiana would have made our list; it enforced its descriptive- phrase statute until its supreme court rendered an adverse decision.”
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