Penalty for acceptance of office by ineligible person

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-18-102, under Eligibility, Commissions, and Oaths.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-18-102

(a) Any person taking on any office in this state, by election or appointment, under any of the disqualifications specified in § 8-18-101(2)–(5), commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) Any person taking on any office in this state, by election or appointment, under the disqualification specified in § 8-18-101(1), commits a Class A misdemeanor.