(a) The various collectors, as defined by this part, charged with the duty of collecting revenue or taxes under any law of this state shall diligently see to it that the revenues are collected. It is the duty of each local collector to ascertain the name of every person within the collector’s jurisdiction liable for the payment of any tax that is collectible by the collector, and it is the collector’s further duty to use every means at the collector’s command to collect the tax when due.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-210

  • Collector: includes any person entrusted with the collection of public revenue. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
(b) Any local collector failing or refusing to collect and pay over any taxes that the collector is legally charged to collect and pay over to the department shall be liable for such taxes, and the collector’s official bondsman shall be liable also for those unpaid taxes. The commissioner may collect the amount from the local collector or the collector’s official bondsman under chapter 1, part 14 of this title.
(c) It is the duty of each collector promptly to collect all privilege and ad valorem taxes collectible by the collector when they become due. In no case shall any collector or collector’s deputy agree to give, permit or allow any extension of time for the payment of such taxes or any part of those taxes.
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