In each case, the counsel making the motion and conducting the suit shall be allowed ten percent (10%) on the recovery as compensation as fixed by § 67-1-1620, to be added to and become a part of the judgment; provided, that no such attorney's fee shall be chargeable to any surety on the bond of any such trustee or other officer whose duty it is to collect taxes under this title, until after demand has been made on such surety or sureties, and the surety or sureties have failed or refused to perform the duties required by law of the surety's or sureties' principal, or have failed or refused to pay over the sums of money due from such trustee or other officer.
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