2010 Tennessee Code
Title 67 - Taxes And Licenses
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 16 - Officers Charged with Delinquent Taxes
67-1-1602 - Action against collector for failure to settle or pay over.
67-1-1602. Action against collector for failure to settle or pay over.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.]
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