Tennessee first started issuing license plates in 1915. Tennessee license plate types include PSC, agriculture, amateur radio, antique, apportioned bus, apportioned hire carrier, auto, auxiliary police, bus, bus limited, bus unlimited, camper, cap radio, capitol press, capse, car, city, civil air patrol, civil defense, commercial, consular, county, dealer, demonstration, demonstrator, driveout, emergency, environmental, farm, farm float, farm truck permit, farm use, farmer, fireman, fixed load, government, handicapped, household goods mover, household mover, joint, judicial, light truck, logger, manufacturer, military, mobile home, mobile home dealer, motorcycle, multi county zone truck, municipal, municipal zone truck, music city bus, police, press, private carrier, public service commission, rental trailer, replacement, rescue squad, rural volunteer fire department, semi commercial, semi trailer, state, street rod, taxi, temporary, tractor, trailer, transporter, travel trailer, truck, truck for hire, truck zone for hire carrier, urban, used dealer, utility trailer, van, vanity, vehicle preparation service, veteran, and well driller.
