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Tenn. Code Ann. § 25-3-101

Motion by plaintiff against executive officer

Code 1858, § 3594 (deriv

Judgment by motion may be had against any sheriff, coroner, or constable, or other executive officer, to whom an execution is directed and received by such officer for the amount due upon such execution, and twelve and one-half percent (12½%) damages, in cases when such officer:

(1) fails to make due and proper return of such execution;

(2) makes a false or insufficient return; or

(3) fails to pay over money collected on such execution.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.