Tennessee Code Title 12. Public Property, Printing and Contracts § 12-2-201

(a) The chief procurement officer is hereby authorized to dispose of at public sale, or to a governmental entity in accordance with the requirements of § 12-2-407, all motor vehicles and intoxicating beverages which have been seized and confiscated by any duly authorized agent, employee, or representative of certain departments and agencies of this state; to wit, the alcoholic beverage commission, department of safety, and wildlife resources agency, including any such seizure and confiscation made by any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable of any county, when any such motor vehicle or intoxicating beverage shall have been used, owned or possessed in violation of any of the laws of this state, relating to intoxicating liquors, or shall have been used, owned or possessed in violation of any of the laws relating to narcotics and contraband drugs, or when the same shall have been used, owned, or possessed in violation of certain game and fish laws, the intoxicating liquor laws being chapter 49 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, and compiled in title 57, chapter 3, parts 1-4, as well as chapter 119 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, compiled in title 57, chapter 9, part 2, and chapter 50 of Public Acts of 1919, as amended by § 57-9-115, the narcotic and contraband drug laws being chapter 83 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, compiled in §§ 53-11-201, 53-11-203 and 53-11-204, and the game and fish laws being chapter 115 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended, compiled in § 70-6-202.