All money delivered to treasurer - penalty for failure.

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county clerk and recorder, district attorney, sheriff, or other state or county officer appointed by law, required or permitted to receive and pay over to the county treasurer any taxes, fines, fees, or other moneys whatsoever, within thirty days after the receipt of such moneys, shall pay the same over to the county treasurer, and together therewith such officer so paying over the same shall deliver to the county treasurer a statement of the amount of such moneys so collected by him and paid over, which statement shall be signed by the person paying the same, sworn to before the county treasurer, and then filed and preserved in the office of such treasurer. Every person falsely swearing in any such statement is guilty of perjury in the second degree. The county treasurer shall not demand or receive any fee for administering the oath required by this section.

(2) Fines and fees levied and collected in state courts for which no specific disposition is provided shall be paid to the department of the treasury for deposit in the general fund.

Source: G.L. § 558. G.S. § 658. R.S. 08: § 1356. C.L. § 8833. CSA: C. 45, § 180. CRS 53: § 35-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-1-2. L. 64: p. 221, § 46. L. 72: p. 556, § 9. L. 73: p. 1401, § 24. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 556, § 2, effective August 11.


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