Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-2-102
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Payment of money to parties - Penalty for violations
Official statutory text
(a) It is the duty of each of the clerks of the several courts, upon application of the party entitled, the party's agent or attorney, made at the office of the clerk, to pay and deliver to the applicant, without delay, any money or property in the clerk's hands, received by virtue of any decree, judgment or order of the court, or any judge of the court, or by virtue of the clerk's office. (b) A failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a Class C misdemeanor and, moreover, subjects the clerk to motion against the clerk and the clerk's sureties. Code 1858, §§ 4043, 4044 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66, §§ 8, 9); Shan., §§ 5860, 5861; Code 1932, §§ 10062, 10063; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-202; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
(a) It is the duty of each of the clerks of the several courts, upon application of the party entitled, the party's agent or attorney, made at the office of the clerk, to pay and deliver to the applicant, without delay, any money or property in the clerk's hands, received by virtue of any decree, judgment or order of the court, or any judge of the court, or by virtue of the clerk's office.
(b) A failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a Class C misdemeanor and, moreover, subjects the clerk to motion against the clerk and the clerk's sureties.
Code 1858, §§ 4043, 4044 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66, §§ 8, 9); Shan., §§ 5860, 5861; Code 1932, §§ 10062, 10063; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-202; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
(a) It is the duty of each of the clerks of the several courts, upon application of the party entitled, the party's agent or attorney, made at the office of the clerk, to pay and deliver to the applicant, without delay, any money or property in the clerk's hands, received by virtue of any decree, judgment or order of the court, or any judge of the court, or by virtue of the clerk's office.
(b) A failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a Class C misdemeanor and, moreover, subjects the clerk to motion against the clerk and the clerk's sureties.
Code 1858, §§ 4043, 4044 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66, §§ 8, 9); Shan., §§ 5860, 5861; Code 1932, §§ 10062, 10063; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-202; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Status: in_force
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