Any tax collector who has failed to collect any tax, but who has paid the tax to the state, county, or municipality to which the tax was due and payable, shall, in addition to the remedies provided by law, have a right to sue a defaulting taxpayer for the amount of the tax, as upon an account for money paid to the collector's use, and recover judgment for the tax, together with six percent (6%) interest per annum on the judgment for the time the tax should have been paid; provided, that the suit is brought within one (1) year after the collector has paid the tax.
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