If any officer demands or receives any other or higher fees than are prescribed by law, such officer is liable to the party aggrieved in the penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered before any judge of the court of general sessions, and the officer also commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Code 1858, § 4518; Shan., § 6353; Code 1932, § 10656; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2103; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Cross-References. Official misconduct, §39-16-402.
Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 10; 13 Tenn. Juris., Extortion, §§ 1, 4; 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 11.