Penalty for failure to serve.

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When any clerk, sheriff, or other officer is required by any person, in good faith, to do any official act, or perform any official duty for which he is entitled to demand and receive a fee established by law, and if required to do so, he shall state to such person the amount which he is allowed by law to collect, and if, upon a tender to him of such amount, such officer willfully neglects or refuses to perform such act or duty, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars.

Source: L. 1885: p. 208, § 2. R.S. 08: § 2548. C.L. § 7896. CSA: C. 66, § 35. CRS 53: § 56-4-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 56-4-14. L. 64: p. 385, § 15.


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