Tennessee § 8-22-105 Liability for failure to collect or account

Tennessee Statutes

§ 8-22-105 — Liability for failure to collect or account

Tennessee § 8-22-105

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-22-105 (2026).

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Any officer enumerated in § 8-22-101 , who evades the letter or the spirit of chapters 21 and 22 of this title by failing to charge or collect from the one liable therefor, every fee, commission, perquisite, emolument, or compensation that the county may be entitled to, and which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence could have been collected, or by failing to present the statement of receipts as herein directed, shall be held individually liable to the county for the amount that should have been collected, and the same shall be charged against the officer and be deducted from the officer's salary, or collected from the officer by law.

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Any officer enumerated in § 8-22-101 , who evades the letter or the spirit of chapters 21 and 22 of this title by failing to charge or collect from the one liable therefor, every fee, commission, perquisite, emolument, or compensation that the county may be entitled to, and which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence could have been collected, or by failing to present the statement of receipts as herein directed, shall be held individually liable to the county for the amount that should have been collected, and the same shall be charged against the officer and be deducted from the officer's salary, or collected from the officer by law.