DUI vehicle seizure — Tennessee Permit Test

DUI vehicle seizure on the Tennessee permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A driver's vehicle will be seized if they have two DUI convictions within 5 years and both happened after January 1997.

Losing the car takes away the tool of the crime. It stops a repeat drunk driver from simply driving off again.

The driver’s vehicle will be seized if he/she has two DUI convictions within five years AND both events happened after January 1997.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.82

A vehicle can be seized if the driver is caught driving on a license that was already revoked for a DUI conviction.

A driver who keeps driving after losing the license for DUI has ignored the court once. Taking the car ends that.

A vehicle can be seized if a driver is charged with driving on a revoked license when his/her driving privileges are already revoked as a result of a DUI conviction (first or subsequent).

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.82

On the test

Your vehicle will be seized if you have two DUI convictions within how many years?

5 years. Losing the car takes away the tool of the crime. It stops a repeat drunk driver from simply driving off again. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.82: “The driver’s vehicle will be seized if he/she has two DUI convictions within five years AND both events happened after January 1997.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.