9-2-110 - Failure of judge or clerk to report. - Tennessee Statutes

9-2-110. Failure of judge or clerk to report.

(a)  If any judge or clerk who has received any revenue fails to make such report in the time prescribed, such judge or clerk shall be subject to presentment; and, upon conviction, a judge shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and a clerk not less than fifty dollars ($50.00).

(b)  If the jury by whom the defendant is tried and convicted finds that the failure to make such report was willful or due to gross neglect, such clerk or judge shall be removed from office, as a part of the judgment of the court.

[Acts 1875, ch. 46, § 5; Shan., §§ 1018, 1019; mod. Code 1932, §§ 1747, 1748; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-210.]