Tennessee § 5-8-402 - Records and reports.
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§ 5-8-402. Records and reports.
The several clerks shall, upon oath, produce their books and papers, and point out to the county mayor the items so collected by them and remaining in their hands, mentioned in § 5-8-401; and the county mayor shall examine the books minutely, and interrogate the clerks with a view to elicit the facts, and shall report thereon. The county mayor shall include with the report a list of the persons to whom money remaining in the hands of the clerk is due, and the amount due, and the county clerk shall spread the same in full in a record book kept for this purpose. Code 1858, §§ 522, 523 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 32, §§ 2, 4); Shan., §§ 662, 663; Code 1932, §§ 1061, 1062; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-822; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act compiled in title 66, ch. 29. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. Cross-References. Option to redesignate county mayor as county executive by private act, § 5-6-101 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 12; 6 Tenn. Juris., Constitutional Law, § 79.
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Section 5-8-402 ("Records and reports.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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