(a)

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-1-1625

  • Collector: includes any person entrusted with the collection of public revenue. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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
(1) Any tax collector who willfully fails or refuses to pay into the state treasury the revenue that the tax collector has collected commits a Class E felony.
(2) It is the duty of the district attorney general of the district in which such defaulting revenue collector may reside to prosecute such collector for such offense.
(3) Such tax collector shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years.
(b) “Tax collector,” as used in this section, includes and embraces all persons entrusted with the collection of the public revenue.