When I got my license in 1973 Tennessee did not keep minor moving violation driving offenses on your record past 4-5 years. It was when Barney, Floyd, and Goober, at the Department of Safety in Nashville started putting old {should have been purged} traffic offenses decades old into the Tennessee Hiway Patrol database the problems started. Unless a person commits a felony while driving it should return to mandatory purging after 7 years. County Court Clerks refusing to do so should face fines personally.
When it comes to trying to extort revenue from citizens some officials in a few Tennessee counties and towns have no moral conscience. For them anything goes and take peoples money till you get caught.
Crooked stuff going on with regards to revenue based fines an such.... All over the nation.
Stay Safe !