Section 40-1-20 Taxing authorities acting as attorney for taxpayer. - Alabama Statutes

Section 40-1-20

Taxing authorities acting as attorney for taxpayer.

It shall be unlawful for the Commissioner of Revenue or tax assessor, or any employee or deputy or agent of either to act as agent or attorney for any taxpayer in the matters of assessment of property for taxation, and any such person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in a sum not greater than $100 and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §899.)