§ 26-39-213 - Failure to pay amount due.
26-39-213. Failure to pay amount due.
Every officer who shall fail to pay the amount due from him on settlement and who shall be returned by the collector or treasurer to the county court as a delinquent, so that the collector or treasurer shall be credited in their accounts with the amount of the delinquency, shall forfeit five percent (5%) per month on the amount due from the time it ought to have been paid, until collected, which may be collected by suit on his official bond.