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Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-125

County officials or employees prohibited from purchasing surplus property except at public auction — Penalty

Acts 1998, ch. 1043, § 2; 2005, ch. 10, § 1.

(1) It is hereby declared unlawful for any county official or employee to purchase from the county any property declared to be surplus by the county except by bid at public auction or competitive sealed bid during the tenure of such person's office or employment, or for six (6) months thereafter.

(2) A purchaser who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.

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.