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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-304

Receipts furnished by bondsmen

Known as the Release from Custody and Bail Reform Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (93 sections).

Acts 1939, ch. 199, § 10; C

(1) It is the duty of a professional bondsman in all transactions with any persons, whether an accused, or those representing or purporting to represent an accused, whenever money or other consideration or thing of value is collected or received by the bondsman as surety, to furnish a receipt showing the name of the person paying the money or other thing of value, the name of the person for whom paid, the suit, action or matter in which the money is paid and the account or purpose for which it is received or is to be applied, and to keep a duplicate copy of every receipt.

(2) Any failure, refusal or neglect to furnish receipts or keep duplicates of receipts is declared to be unlawful.

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.