{"id":394,"date":"2013-06-17T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com\/blog\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2017-02-08T08:47:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:47:02","slug":"handicap-parking-permit-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com/blog\/handicap-parking-permit-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get a handicap parking permit in Tennessee (TN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_395\" style=\"width: 148px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tennessee-handicap-parking-permit-signs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395\" alt=\"Tennessee handicapped parking sign with details of the penalty for offenders\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tennessee-handicap-parking-permit-signs.jpg\" width=\"138\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tennessee-handicap-parking-permit-signs.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.myparkingpermit.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tennessee-handicap-parking-permit-signs-103x300.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee handicapped parking sign with details of the penalty for offenders<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#eligibility\">Eligibility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#permit\">How to obtain a permit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#fee\">Fee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#valid\">Validity \/ expiration of permits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#renewals\">Renewals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lost\">Lost, stolen, or damaged placards<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#hang\">Where to hang the placard<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"eligibility\">\n<h5>Who&#8217;s eligible?<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>All disabled individuals are eligible for placards. A disabled person is defined as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>one who\u00a0is disabled by paraplegia,\u00a0amputation of leg, foot or both hands, or other condition, certified by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine, resulting in an equal degree of disability (specifying the particular condition) so as not to\u00a0be able to get about without great difficulty, including impairments that, regardless of cause or manifestation, confine\u00a0such person to a wheelchair or cause such person to be so ambulatory disabled that he or she cannot walk 200\u00a0feet without stopping to rest and includes, but is not limited to, those persons using braces or crutches, arthritics,\u00a0spastics and those with pulmonary or cardiac ills who may be semi-ambulatory;<\/li>\n<li>the owner of a motor vehicle with vision of not more than 20\/200 with correcting glasses; or<\/li>\n<li>the owner of a motor vehicle who is so ambulatory disabled that he or she cannot walk 200 feet \u00a0without\u00a0stopping to rest and who is seeking treatment and\/or healing solely by prayer through spiritual means in the practice of\u00a0religion in accordance with the creeds or tenets of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. Such\u00a0condition shall be certified by a Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal as resulting in a\u00a0degree of disability so that such person is not able to get about without great difficulty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"permit\">\n<h5>How to obtain a permit<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Permanent and temporary placards are issued by the Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles and\u00a0participating county clerks. Applicants must submit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.myparkingpermit.com\/doc\/Tennessee Form RV-F1310301.pdf\">Form RV-F1310301<\/a>, which is available online or at the local county clerk&#8217;s office,\u00a0and submit it in person or by mail to the local county clerk&#8217;s office. Contact information for local county clerks can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/tn.gov\/revenue\/vehicle\/countyclerks.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Form RV-F1310301 must be\u00a0ompleted by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>a medical doctor licensed to practice medicine, a physician\u2019s assistant or nurse practitioner acting in conjunction with a written protocol developed jointly by a physician, or a Christian Science Practitioner listed in the Christian Science Journal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fee\">\n<h5>Fee<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Applicants who are permanently confined to a wheelchair receive free placards. Otherwise, each year holders of permanent placards must pay $21.50. Temporary placards are issued for\u00a0a fee of $10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"valid\">\n<h5>Validity\/expiration of placards\/permits<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Permanent placards are valid for 2 years from the date they are issued. Temporary placards are issued for the estimated duration of the disability, but not in excess of 6 months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"renewals\">\n<h5>Renewing placards<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Holders of permanent and temporary placards must follow the same process they did for the initial placard, except those with permanent placards do not have to be recertified by a medical doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent placards cost $3 to renew; temporary placards cost $10 to renew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"lost\">\n<h5>Lost placard\/replacement<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>To replace a lost or stolen placard, applicants must submit the same application form as initially completed for the placard along with an affidavit. Those looking to replace damaged placards must send them along with the application.<\/p>\n<div id=\"hang\">\n<h5>Where to hang the placard\/permit<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The placard must be hung from the rear view mirror when the vehicle is parked in a designated parking space. It must be duly removed when the vehicle is in motion.<\/p>\n<h5>Difficulty<\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/img\/src\/ada-handicapped-meter-4.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Source URL<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/revenue\/vehicle\/licenseplates\/disabled\/tenncode.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 55-21-101 through 55-21-108<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/revenue\/vehicle\/licenseplates\/disabled\/disableddriver.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Information about Disabled Plates and Placards from Department of Revenue<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/revenue\/vehicle\/licenseplates\/disabled_ref.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reference material for the disabled person license plate\/placard application<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"270\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"270\">\n<h2>Things You&#8217;ll Need<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/img\/src\/check-green-with-box.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"215\">Applicable Fee: $21.50 for a permanent disabled placard and $10.00 for temporary disabled placard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/img\/src\/uncheck-red-with-box.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"215\">Computer with Internet Access: Favorable but not mandatory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/img\/src\/check-green-with-box.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"215\">Physician Certificate: Physician to certify disability in the application form<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/img\/src\/check-green-with-box.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"215\">Mail Original Documents: Original application to be submitted in person or by mail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility How to obtain a permit Fee Validity \/ expiration of permits Renewals Lost, stolen, or damaged placards Where to hang the placard Who&#8217;s eligible? 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