Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-2-101
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Cash book - Penalty for violations
Official statutory text
(a) The clerks of the courts, and clerks and masters, shall keep a cash book as one (1) of the public records of their respective offices, in which they shall enter, under each case, all sums of money received or disbursed by them, showing the date of receipt or disbursement, on what account received or disbursed and to or from whom received or disbursed. (b) The cash book shall be indexed direct and reverse. (c) The cash book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public. (d) It is a Class A misdemeanor for any clerk or clerk and master to fail to keep the cash book or to allow its inspection as provided in this section. Acts 1897, ch. 26; Shan., § 5852a1; Code 1932, § 10053; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-201; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6.
(a) The clerks of the courts, and clerks and masters, shall keep a cash book as one (1) of the public records of their respective offices, in which they shall enter, under each case, all sums of money received or disbursed by them, showing the date of receipt or disbursement, on what account received or disbursed and to or from whom received or disbursed.
(b) The cash book shall be indexed direct and reverse.
(c) The cash book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public.
(d) It is a Class A misdemeanor for any clerk or clerk and master to fail to keep the cash book or to allow its inspection as provided in this section.
Acts 1897, ch. 26; Shan., § 5852a1; Code 1932, § 10053; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-201; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6.
(a) The clerks of the courts, and clerks and masters, shall keep a cash book as one (1) of the public records of their respective offices, in which they shall enter, under each case, all sums of money received or disbursed by them, showing the date of receipt or disbursement, on what account received or disbursed and to or from whom received or disbursed.
(b) The cash book shall be indexed direct and reverse.
(c) The cash book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public.
(d) It is a Class A misdemeanor for any clerk or clerk and master to fail to keep the cash book or to allow its inspection as provided in this section.
Acts 1897, ch. 26; Shan., § 5852a1; Code 1932, § 10053; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-201; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6.
Status: in_force
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