No officer is entitled to demand and receive fees allowed by law until the duty or service for which they are granted is performed, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-102
Advance fees unauthorized
Code 1858, § 4521; Shan., § 6356; Code 1932, § 10658; T.C.A
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.