If such clerk or judge, after settlement and obtaining a warrant to pay into the county treasury the amount found due from such clerk or judge to the county, fails to pay it, the trustee shall, in like manner, cause judgment to be taken against such clerk or judge and the sureties of such clerk or judge for the amount found due the county by the account, with interest thereon from the time the money should have been paid, with twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) damages, and costs.
Code 1858, § 516 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 85, § 2); Shan., § 1027; Code 1932, § 1756; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-221.
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