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27-17-521 - Penalties.

§ 27-17-521. Penalties.
 

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500.00, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court within the limitation aforesaid; and such fine and imprisonment shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by any particular section of this chapter. The courts of the county in which the offender resides, or if a company, in which it carries on business, shall have jurisdiction to enforce this section. Any persons failing to pay the privilege taxes imposed by this chapter, and to obtain a license as hereby required, but pursuing the business for which a privilege tax is imposed without procuring such license, may be proceeded against by suit, in addition to being dealt with criminally; and the officer required to collect the tax may seize and sell any property of such person liable for such tax and penalty, in the same manner as he may distrain and sell property of other taxpayers delinquent for the payment of ad valorem taxes due on personal property. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9696-228; Laws,  1944, ch. 137, § 224, eff from and after June 1, 1944.
 

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