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You must have two of these. If you only have one then we have an affidavit that can be used as one of the acceptable documents. Acceptable Documents: Current utility bill including landline telephone, electric, water, gas, cable, etc.

Wireless telephone bills cannot be accepted. Current vehicle registration personal vehicle not company vehicle dated within the last 12 months. Copy of Lease Agreement or Contract with notarized signatures OR accompanied by signed realty agency letterhead confirming lease validity. Voter registration card — NOT the application for voter registration. Military LES papers listing Tennessee as home of record.

Current filed tax return - not tax return booklet. Unacceptable documents: Bank statements Cell phone bills Credit card statements Utility connection or deposit receipt Employer letters Extended stay hotel receipts Magazine subscriptions or junk mail Personal or business postmarked mail Prescription bottles USCIS identity documents i. I, I, Visas, etc. Hunting, fishing or boating licenses Letters from a public or private school or educational institution GDL Exchanges or Upgrade Transactions: 1.

From a Class D driver license to a Class ID license photo identification only Change of information, as specified by the State, for a renewal or duplicate driver or identification license: 1. Change of Address; 2. Change of last name due to marriage or divorce.

NOTE: Can change middle name to former last name in addition to last name, however, can never change first name. All persons who are in the United States armed forces and who are holders of driver licenses in this state may have their licenses renewed upon application to the department upon their return to Tennessee without further examination.

An applicant who presents evidence acceptable to the department that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a driver education and training course offered for Class D vehicles by nonpublic schools in categories 1, 2, or 3 as recognized by the state board of education, a public school, a public institution of higher learning, or a commercial driver training school, operating under chapter 19 of this title, shall be deemed to have satisfactorily completed the department's examinations.

The department may require the courses to include certain knowledge and skills examinations. The department may authorize early intervention programs and alcohol and drug safety DUI schools administered by the department of health to administer the knowledge element of the driver license examination, subject to oversight by the department of safety.

A defensive driving program under the oversight of the department of safety may also administer the examinations. An applicant who presents evidence acceptable to the department that the applicant has satisfactorily completed such a knowledge examination shall be deemed to have successfully completed the knowledge element of the driver license examination.

The driver license knowledge examination shall comply with the requirements of this section. An applicant who presents acceptable evidence to the department of safety that the applicant has satisfactorily completed such a knowledge examination shall be deemed to have successfully completed the knowledge element of the driver license examination. The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a foreign country, or the licensing authority of the foreign country, under which the department and the foreign country agree to grant like driving privileges to new residents operating motor vehicles in this state or the foreign country.

The memorandum of understanding executed pursuant to subdivision i 1 shall be a reciprocal agreement under which the parties agree that: The foreign country or licensing authority shall waive any required knowledge and skills tests or equivalent tests upon application by a new resident who possesses a valid driver license from this state, and shall issue a driver license or equivalent license to the new resident; and The department shall waive the required knowledge and skills tests upon application by a new resident who possesses a valid driver license or equivalent license from the foreign country, and shall issue a driver license to the new resident, if the applicant presents documentation to the department that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized by the United States department of homeland security.

The memorandum of understanding may specify any of the following: That the foreign country shall verify the residency of the applicant in the foreign country prior to issuance of a driver license; That the department and the foreign country shall verify that the driver license held by the applicant is not subject to cancellation, suspension, or revocation and is valid, or has not been expired in excess of six 6 months; and Circumstances under which the department or the foreign country shall limit or deny issuance of a driver license.

The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a foreign country regardless of whether the department has previously determined to administer a knowledge or skills test in the language of the foreign country. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department shall permit any student enrolled in a state-approved cooperative driver testing program who is seeking an exemption from the Class D knowledge or skills examinations to present the third-party driver examiner testing certification form required for the exemption to the department at any driver license testing station within one 1 year of satisfactory completion of a Class D driver education and training course.

The commissioner of safety is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version.

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