Illegal cancellation of traffic citation — Audit of citation records
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Williams v. City of Burns (2015)
Most recently applied in Williams v. City of Burns (May 2015)
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 102; T.C.A., § 59-1022; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
(1) Any person who cancels or solicits the cancellation of any traffic citation, in any manner other than as provided in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) Every record of traffic citations required in chapter 8 and parts 1-5 of this chapter shall be audited by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the traffic-enforcement agency is responsible, within the time prescribed for the audit of other officers of the agency.
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