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Permit
Requirements | Film
Permits | Types
of State Contracts
Permit/Contract
Requirements
No permits are required
to film within the borders of Tennessee
except within state, county and city owned
facilities including buildings, parks,
and recreation areas.
Film
Permits/Contracts
In
general, the following circumstances require
a city and/or county film permit accompanied
with the required certificate of insurance:
- A
shoot which requires assistance either
by the local city or county Police,
Sheriff, Fire or Parks and Recreations
Departments.
- A
shoot which requires the intermittent
halting or impediment of vehicular and/or
pedestrian traffic or the closing of
a lane or road.
- A
shoot, which occurs on any city, state,
or county owned property.
Filming
within the city and county buildings located
in Memphis. Contact the Memphis
and Shelby County Film commission
at (901) 527-8300.
Filming
within the city of Nashville and Davidson
County. Contact the Nashville
Mayor’s Office of Film at (615)
880-1827.
Filming
within the city and county buildings located
in Knoxville. Contact the East
Tennessee Film Commission at (865)
632-8762.
Within
state owned facilities including state
buildings, parks and recreation areas.
Contact the Tennessee Film, Entertainment
and Music Commission at (877) 818-FILM.
When making a request to shoot on State Property please allow 2 weeks for paper work to be processed through the proper channels. All requests are approved or denied by the Departments Commissioner. Locations are not to be considered “nailed down” until the contract has been signed by governing parties.
Types
of State Permits/Contracts
General
Services: State owned facilities,
i.e. Capitol Building, Central Service
Building, TN Towers, Rachel Jackson etc...
Environment
& Conservation: includes all State
run parks & recreational facilities.
Corrections:
Tennessee State Prison
Agriculture:
State owned Agricultural Centers
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