If any officer demands or receives any other or higher fees than are prescribed by law, such officer is liable to the party aggrieved in the penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered before any judge of the court of general sessions, and the officer also commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-103
Penalty for excessive fees charged
Code 1858, § 4518; Shan., § 6353; Code 1932, § 10656; impl. am
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