2017 Tennessee Code
Title 67 - Taxes and Licenses
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 10 - Back Assessment and Reassessment Generally
§ 67-1-1011. Records and reports.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 67-1-1011 (2017)
  • (a) Every collector of taxes, making assessments and collecting taxes under this chapter, shall keep a book upon which the collector shall enter all property assessed by the collector, giving a description of the property so assessed, the amount of taxes so collected and, upon the collector's final settlement with the commissioner and with the county legislative body, shall file a copy of the settlement, under oath, stating that the copy contains a true and a perfect list of all taxes so collected by the collector.
  • (b) Should the property in any district or ward, or any part of the district or ward, escape assessment or fail in any manner to be assessed, the trustee is required to assess the property at its actual cash value, and report the amount of the taxes collected on the property to the county legislative body as "picked up" taxes at the same time the trustee reports lists of errors, etc., giving a description of the property, district, or ward in which located.
    • (1) The county clerk is required to certify copies of the report to the officers with whom the trustee is required by law to settle.
    • (2) The trustee shall account for the property in making final settlements of the trustee's various accounts, but no assessment authorized by this part shall be made for any other years than for the years in which the assessments shall be made and for three (3) years preceding the assessment.
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