Any clerk who willfully or corruptly does any act contrary to the duties of such clerk's office, as prescribed by law, or, in like manner, omits or refuses to perform any service or duty required of the clerk, unless some other penalty is expressly provided, commits a Class C misdemeanor and may be removed from office.
Code 1858, § 4065 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5880; Code 1932, § 10080; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-123; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 7.
Law Reviews.
Special Project: Criminal Procedure as Defined by the Tennessee Supreme Court (Julian L. Bibb and Walter Sillers Weems), 30 Vand. L. Rev. (4) 691.
Collateral References. 14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts § 78.