Tennessee § 67-1-1602 - Action against collector for failure to settle or pay over.
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§ 67-1-1602. Action against collector for failure to settle or pay over.
For any neglect or refusal to settle the collector's accounts, the commissioner and county mayor shall proceed against the collector and the collector's sureties, by motion, which shall not be abated, quashed, or delayed by any want of form or informality in prosecuting the accounts. Any officer concerned in the collection of revenue who has failed to collect, make returns or settlement, or pay over moneys of the state received by such officer, at the time and in the manner required by law, may be proceeded against summarily, on motion, in the circuit court, by the proper law officer of the state, pursuant to the instructions of the commissioner. Code 1858, §§ 670, 730 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 20; 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 7); Shan., §§ 963, 1043; Code 1932, §§ 1672, 1772; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 50; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1425, 67-1601; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Compiler's Notes. 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. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 23 Tenn. Juris., Taxation, § 52. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).
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