Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-1-802
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Recovery of penalties - Imprisonment for failure to pay penalties
Official statutory text
(a) Every penalty fixed in this title, unless otherwise provided for, shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the state by the district attorney general of the district in which the delinquency occurs, and shall be paid into the state treasury. (b) Nonpayment of the penalties is a Class C misdemeanor. Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 37; Shan., § 3322; Code 1932, § 6151; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed), § 56-140; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
(a) Every penalty fixed in this title, unless otherwise provided for, shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the state by the district attorney general of the district in which the delinquency occurs, and shall be paid into the state treasury.
(b) Nonpayment of the penalties is a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 37; Shan., § 3322; Code 1932, § 6151; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed), § 56-140; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
(a) Every penalty fixed in this title, unless otherwise provided for, shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the state by the district attorney general of the district in which the delinquency occurs, and shall be paid into the state treasury.
(b) Nonpayment of the penalties is a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 37; Shan., § 3322; Code 1932, § 6151; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed), § 56-140; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Status: in_force
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