(a) An officer charged with the duty of collecting state revenues is empowered and authorized to issue a distress warrant for the collection of any state taxes, fees, fines, interest, penalties or other revenues, whenever in the officer’s discretion the collecting officer deems it necessary to issue a distress warrant to safeguard the revenues of the state.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-1-1201

  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The distress warrant may be addressed and delivered to the sheriff, any deputy sheriff or constable of the county in which the taxpayer has the taxpayer’s office or principal place of business, or to the sheriff or any deputy sheriff or constable of any county in which the collecting officer has reason to believe property of such taxpayer may be found.
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