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Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1625

Willful failure of collector to pay over — Felony

Acts 1867-1868, ch. 79, § 14; Shan., § 964; Code 1932, § 1673; modified; T.C.A

(1) Any tax collector who willfully fails or refuses to pay into the state treasury the revenue that the tax collector has collected commits a Class E felony.

(2) It is the duty of the district attorney general of the district in which such defaulting revenue collector may reside to prosecute such collector for such offense.

(3) Such tax collector shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years.

(4) “Tax collector,” as used in this section, includes and embraces all persons entrusted with the collection of the public revenue.

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.