Penalty for failure to index records

Any clerk, register, or other public officer required by law to keep any record book who willfully violates §§ 10-7-201 - 10-7-207 commits a Class C misdemeanor, and, moreover, such person and such person's official sureties are liable to the injured party for all damage sustained by the injured party, in consequence of such failure, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. Acts 1871, ch. 85, § 2; Shan., § 5854; Code 1932, § 10056; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-208; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113. Any clerk, register, or other public officer required by law to keep any record book who willfully violates §§ 10-7-201 - 10-7-207 commits a Class C misdemeanor, and, moreover, such person and such person's official sureties are liable to the injured party for all damage sustained by the injured party, in consequence of such failure, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. Acts 1871, ch. 85, § 2; Shan., § 5854; Code 1932, § 10056; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-208; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.