Section 8-49-101 - Delivery to successor required

In all cases in which it is not otherwise expressly provided, when any office is vacated, all books, papers, property and moneys belonging or appertaining to such office, shall, on demand, be delivered over to the qualified successor. Every person knowingly and willfully violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.Code 1858, § 805; Shan., § 1126; Code 1932, § 1867; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2901; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.