Tennessee § 8-11-108 - Forfeiture for defaults.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-11-108 — Forfeiture for defaults., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-11-108. Forfeiture for defaults.
The county trustee shall incur a forfeiture of five hundred dollars ($500), to the use of the county, to be recovered on motion before the circuit court, for each of the following defaults: For refusing at any time to furnish the county mayor with any vouchers or papers in the trustee's hands, deemed necessary by the county mayor for perfecting any settlement with any person accountable for the county revenue; For refusing to receive, in payment of county taxes, county warrants for which the county, by law, stands indebted; or For refusing to settle or pay according to law. Code 1858, § 431 (deriv. Acts 1797, ch. 14, §§ 5, 6); Shan., § 527; Code 1932, § 779; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1108; 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, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 22. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).
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Section 8-11-108 ("Forfeiture for defaults.") 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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