Tennessee § 8-8-203 - Payment of collections by collecting officers.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-8-203 — Payment of collections by collecting officers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-8-203. Payment of collections by collecting officers.
The sheriff and every other collecting officer shall pay all penalties, fines, forfeitures, amercements, and other sums of money collected by the sheriff or such other officer, or that ought to be collected, for the use of a county, into the hands of the clerk of the court or magistrate from whom the sheriff or such other officer received the execution under which the sheriff or such other officer made, or ought to have made, the collection, on or before the return day of such execution. Code 1858, § 518; Shan., § 657; Code 1932, § 1056; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-812.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-8-203 ("Payment of collections by collecting officers.") 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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