Where such trustee or other officer, whose duty it is to collect any taxes under this part, part 7, 10 or 15 of this chapter, chapter 5, parts 4, 18, 19 or 20 of this title, or § 67-1-107, § 67-5-301, § 67-5-302, § 67-5-306, § 67-5-507 or § 67-5-513, fails to account for any and all taxes that the trustee or officer has collected to the proper officer, in addition to the penalty in § 67-1-1615, the trustee or officer shall be liable to a penalty of two percent (2%) per month on the taxes from the time the taxes should have been paid, which is in addition to the attorney's fees provided for in § 67-1-1619, none of which shall in any way be remitted after the matter is placed in the hands of the attorney; and the trustee or officer shall, in addition, forfeit the trustee's or officer's respective office.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 16 - Officers Charged With Delinquent Taxes
§ 67-1-1601. Commissions Disallowed on Failure to Settle or Pay Over
§ 67-1-1602. Action Against Collector for Failure to Settle or Pay Over
§ 67-1-1603. Entry of Motion Against Delinquent
§ 67-1-1605. Precedence on Docket
§ 67-1-1606. Commissioner's Statement as Evidence — Copy of Bond
§ 67-1-1607. Judgment Against Collector
§ 67-1-1608. Amount of Judgment in Absence of Commissioner's Statement
§ 67-1-1609. Judgment Against Surviving Principal and Sureties
§ 67-1-1610. Interest and Damages
§ 67-1-1611. Credit for Claims Due Collector
§ 67-1-1612. Receipt of Revenues Due State
§ 67-1-1613. Report and Deposit of Revenues by Clerk of Court
§ 67-1-1614. Clerk's Commission
§ 67-1-1615. Penalties for Violations Paid Into School Fund
§ 67-1-1616. Monthly Penalty for Failure to Pay Over Taxes — Forfeiture of Office
§ 67-1-1622. Release of Collector's Liability Prohibited
§ 67-1-1623. Actions Against State Officers
§ 67-1-1626. Refund to Collector on Proof of Deficiencies in Collections
§ 67-1-1627. Collector's Action for Reimbursement of Tax Paid by Collector