If any clerk or judge fails or refuses to pay to the county trustee any county money collected by such clerk or judge, the county trustee may proceed, by motion in the circuit court of the county, and the court shall give judgment against such clerk or judge and the sureties of such clerk or judge for the penalty of the bond, and award execution.
Code 1858, § 513 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 85, § 1); Shan., § 1023; mod. Code 1932, § 1752; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-217.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 2 - Accounting for Revenues
§ 9-2-105. Furnishing Receipt Books
§ 9-2-106. Penalty for Violations
§ 9-2-107. Settlement for School Funds
§ 9-2-108. Reports of Clerks and Judges
§ 9-2-111. Perjury by Judge or Clerk
§ 9-2-115. Failure of Clerk or Judge to Pay Over
§ 9-2-116. Failure of Clerk or Judge to Produce Proper Receipt
§ 9-2-117. Judgment for Trustee Against Clerk or Judge
§ 9-2-118. Satisfaction of Judgment
§ 9-2-119. Commissions Lost by Default
§ 9-2-122. Clerk's Records Furnished to County Mayor