Tennessee § 43-19-210 - Accepting gratuity or reward — Penalty.
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§ 43-19-210. Accepting gratuity or reward — Penalty.
If any warehouse keeper accepts, directly or indirectly, any gratuity or reward for anything by that person done or omitted in the discharge of that person's official duties, that person shall forfeit two hundred dollars ($200) to the state, and, moreover, the warehouse keeper commits a Class C misdemeanor. The warehouse keeper shall also forfeit the office, and be forever afterward disqualified from holding the office of tobacco inspector. Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1877, ch. 109, § 1; Shan., § 3395; mod. Code 1932, § 6494; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2119; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113. Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-19-210 ("Accepting gratuity or reward — Penalty.") 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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