Tennessee § 8-11-105 - Refusal to pay warrant or demand.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-11-105 — Refusal to pay warrant or demand., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-11-105. Refusal to pay warrant or demand.
If the trustee refuses to pay the amount of any county warrant or legal demand upon the county, when requested by the party entitled to receive the money, it is a Class C misdemeanor, on conviction of which the trustee may be removed from office, unless the trustee produces evidence showing that disbursements have exhausted the money on hand. Code 1858, § 429 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 38, § 6); Shan., § 525; Code 1932, § 777; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1105; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113. Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 19 Tenn. Juris., Municipal, State and County Securities, § 7. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-11-105 ("Refusal to pay warrant or demand.") 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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