Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1617
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Action on collector's bond
Official statutory text
(a) A motion or suit lies in favor of the state, county, or municipality against the trustee and sureties on the trustee's official bonds for any moneys, in the trustee's hands officially, not paid over or accounted for according to law or for failure to collect. (b) No surety on the bond of any trustee or other officer shall be liable for any penalty or attorney's fees until after demand has been made on the surety or sureties, and the surety or sureties have failed or refused to perform the duties required by law of the surety's or sureties' principal, or have failed or refused to pay over the sums of money due from such trustee or other officer. (c) Where a judgment has been obtained against any collector of revenue or other such officer, either alone or with a part of such collector's or officer's sureties, a similar motion may be made against the sureties against whom no judgment has been obtained, whether the suretyship appears in the same or another bond. (d) The person moved against shall have five (5) days' notice of the motion; provided, that this applies only to cumulative bonds, or where two (2) or more bonds have been given to secure the same object, and only to bonds already executed. Acts 1875, ch. 86, §§ 1, 2; 1907, ch. 602, § 71; Shan., §§ 928a1, 928a2, 965, 966; mod. Code 1932, §§ 1635, 1636, 1674, 1675; Acts 1933, ch. 95, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1635; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1615, 67-1616, 67-1622, 67-1623.
(a) A motion or suit lies in favor of the state, county, or municipality against the trustee and sureties on the trustee's official bonds for any moneys, in the trustee's hands officially, not paid over or accounted for according to law or for failure to collect.
(b) No surety on the bond of any trustee or other officer shall be liable for any penalty or attorney's fees until after demand has been made on the surety or sureties, and the surety or sureties have failed or refused to perform the duties required by law of the surety's or sureties' principal, or have failed or refused to pay over the sums of money due from such trustee or other officer.
(c) Where a judgment has been obtained against any collector of revenue or other such officer, either alone or with a part of such collector's or officer's sureties, a similar motion may be made against the sureties against whom no judgment has been obtained, whether the suretyship appears in the same or another bond.
(d) The person moved against shall have five (5) days' notice of the motion; provided, that this applies only to cumulative bonds, or where two (2) or more bonds have been given to secure the same object, and only to bonds already executed.
Acts 1875, ch. 86, §§ 1, 2; 1907, ch. 602, § 71; Shan., §§ 928a1, 928a2, 965, 966; mod. Code 1932, §§ 1635, 1636, 1674, 1675; Acts 1933, ch. 95, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1635; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1615, 67-1616, 67-1622, 67-1623.
(a) A motion or suit lies in favor of the state, county, or municipality against the trustee and sureties on the trustee's official bonds for any moneys, in the trustee's hands officially, not paid over or accounted for according to law or for failure to collect.
(b) No surety on the bond of any trustee or other officer shall be liable for any penalty or attorney's fees until after demand has been made on the surety or sureties, and the surety or sureties have failed or refused to perform the duties required by law of the surety's or sureties' principal, or have failed or refused to pay over the sums of money due from such trustee or other officer.
(c) Where a judgment has been obtained against any collector of revenue or other such officer, either alone or with a part of such collector's or officer's sureties, a similar motion may be made against the sureties against whom no judgment has been obtained, whether the suretyship appears in the same or another bond.
(d) The person moved against shall have five (5) days' notice of the motion; provided, that this applies only to cumulative bonds, or where two (2) or more bonds have been given to secure the same object, and only to bonds already executed.
Acts 1875, ch. 86, §§ 1, 2; 1907, ch. 602, § 71; Shan., §§ 928a1, 928a2, 965, 966; mod. Code 1932, §§ 1635, 1636, 1674, 1675; Acts 1933, ch. 95, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1635; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1615, 67-1616, 67-1622, 67-1623.
Status: in_force
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