Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1603
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Entry of motion against delinquent
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On receipt of the commissioner's statement, under the commissioner's official seal, of the sum claimed by the state against the delinquent, in cases in which a statement can be made out, or of the delinquent's official bond, accompanied by the commissioner's instructions, the district attorney general or county auditor shall move the court for judgment against the delinquent. Code 1858, § 731 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 20; 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 7); Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 77; integrated in Shan., § 1044; Acts 1923, ch. 109, § 8; mod. Code 1932, § 1773; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 50; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 67-1602.
On receipt of the commissioner's statement, under the commissioner's official seal, of the sum claimed by the state against the delinquent, in cases in which a statement can be made out, or of the delinquent's official bond, accompanied by the commissioner's instructions, the district attorney general or county auditor shall move the court for judgment against the delinquent.
Code 1858, § 731 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 20; 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 7); Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 77; integrated in Shan., § 1044; Acts 1923, ch. 109, § 8; mod. Code 1932, § 1773; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 50; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 67-1602.
On receipt of the commissioner's statement, under the commissioner's official seal, of the sum claimed by the state against the delinquent, in cases in which a statement can be made out, or of the delinquent's official bond, accompanied by the commissioner's instructions, the district attorney general or county auditor shall move the court for judgment against the delinquent.
Code 1858, § 731 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 20; 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 7); Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 77; integrated in Shan., § 1044; Acts 1923, ch. 109, § 8; mod. Code 1932, § 1773; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 50; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 67-1602.
Status: in_force
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