2015 Tennessee Code
Title 43 - Agriculture And Horticulture
Chapter 18 - Sale of Cotton
§ 43-18-104 - Penalty recoverable by owner from purchaser not keeping the required record or not permitting inspection thereof.
In addition to the punishment provided in § 43-18-103, and either before or after, with or without criminal prosecution above provided for, the owner of any loose cotton or ginned cotton that is unbaled, that is sold by another without the owner's consent, can maintain and recover of any person buying such cotton who fails to comply with § 43-18-101 and § 43-18-102, a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), to be recovered by civil suit in any court having jurisdiction of the amount in this state. That amount is to be recovered by the owner of any cotton of the character described, sold to any person by any other than the owner without such owner's consent, where the buyer does not keep and permit to be inspected the record of the purchase provided for in this section and §§ 43-18-101 -- 43-18-103.
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