A constable shall vacate office by removal from the district, and is liable to a penalty of forty dollars ($40.00) for acting as constable after such removal, to be recovered before any judge of the court of general sessions of the county in which the constable resides, one half (½) to the use of the person suing, and the other one half (½) to the use of the county.
Code 1858, § 399 (deriv. Const., 1834, art. 6, § 15); Shan., § 490; Code 1932, § 736; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1003.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-10-102. Qualifications for Office
§ 8-10-103. Vacation of Office by Removal From District
§ 8-10-107. Replacement of Sureties
§ 8-10-112. Failure to Perform Duty
§ 8-10-113. Acting for Sheriff and Coroner
§ 8-10-114. Grand Jury Process
§ 8-10-115. Fine for Failure to Serve Process
§ 8-10-116. Penalty for Improper Conduct of Sales