§ 26-35-505 - Collector to receive warrants at par. - Arkansas Statutes

26-35-505. Collector to receive warrants at par.

(a) No county collector or deputy county collector shall, either directly or indirectly, contract for or purchase any orders or warrants issued by the county of which he is collector, or any state warrants, town orders, or the orders or warrants of any city, town, or other body politic for which he is the collector of taxes, at any discount whatever upon the sum due on those orders or warrants.

(b) If any collector or deputy collector, directly or indirectly, contracts for, purchases, or procures any orders or warrants at any discount whatever upon the sum for which they are respectively issued, he shall not be allowed, on settlement, the amount of the warrants or orders, or any part thereof, and shall also forfeit the whole amount due on the warrants or orders and the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every breach of the provisions of this section, to be recovered in a civil action at the suit of the state for the use of the county.

(c) (1) The Treasurer of State or the person to whom the county collector of any county is required to return the state, county, city, town, village, school, or road tax is, respectively, prohibited from receiving from any county collector any warrants, orders, or bonds in payment of taxes collected by him or his deputies unless with the warrants, orders, or bonds, the county collector shall file his affidavit with the Treasurer of State or the person entitled to receive the tax, stating therein that all warrants, orders, and bonds were received at their par value and that he has faithfully performed his duties as prescribed in this section.

(2) Whoever swears falsely in this affidavit is guilty of perjury and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the state penitentiary for not less than one (1) nor more than three (3) years.