It is a Class C misdemeanor for a collector of taxes to collect, under the color or pretense of office, more money, in the name of taxes, than is directed by law.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-706
Collection of excessive tax prohibited
Code 1858, § 605; Shan., § 875; Code 1932, § 1564; T.C.A
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