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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168)
Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-107)
Section 8-21-103 - Penalty for excessive fees charged
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TN Code § 8-21-103 (2023)
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If any officer demands or receives any other or higher fees than are prescribed by law, such officer is liable to the party aggrieved in the penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered before any judge of the court of general sessions, and the officer also commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Code 1858, § 4518; Shan., § 6353; Code 1932, § 10656; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2103; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
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