Any clerk or clerk and master of any court who, without authority of law, uses, loans or converts to the clerk's or clerk and master's own use, or otherwise disposes of, any money or property that may have come into the clerk's or clerk and master's hands in the clerk's or clerk and master's official capacity, commits a Class C felony.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-2-105
Unlawful use or disposal of money or property
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wooley v. Madison County, Tennessee (2002)
Most recently applied in Wooley v. Madison County, Tennessee (June 2002)
Acts 1869-1870, ch. 37, § 11; Shan., § 423; mod
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