Recovery of penalties — Imprisonment for failure to pay penalties
Known as the Tennessee Insurance Law
The act spans §§ 56-10-101 to 56-8-206 (1,220 sections).
Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 37; Shan., § 3322; Code 1932, § 6151; modified; T.C.A
(1) Every penalty fixed in this title, unless otherwise provided for, shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the state by the district attorney general of the district in which the delinquency occurs, and shall be paid into the state treasury.
(2) Nonpayment of the penalties is a Class C 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.