Title 5, Counties

Fines and forfeitures arising in pursuance of the judgment of any judge of the court of general sessions, on any penal statute, shall belong to the county.

A book, to be called the revenue docket, shall be kept by the county clerk, in which the county clerk shall record all the sources of the county revenue, whether consisting of taxes upon property, or upon sales of merchandise and patent medicines, or on the exercise of privileges…

(a) Any revenue of a county, the use of which is not otherwise expressly restricted, and that is derived from taxes levied by the state and distributed to the various counties, from which taxes the cities likewise receive a portion thereof from the state collection, and any reven…

Counties of this state, acting through their appropriate governing bodies, have the power and are authorized to apply for, receive and disburse for public purposes grants, loans and funds from the federal and state governments or any department or agency thereof authorized to adm…

(a) (1) The county legislative body in regular session assembled, a quorum being present, is authorized to adopt a resolution to contract with a bank or banks making the highest and best bid or bids to pay interest on daily balances of the county's funds; and to appoint three (3)…

The finance committee, to carry out the will of the county legislative body, shall be vested with full power to formulate, make and sign a contract upon the terms and conditions specified, which contract shall be approved by the county mayor, and attested by the county clerk, wit…

When the contract has been signed on the part of the county, and also signed by the proper officers, on the part of the bank or banks under the seal thereof, and a good and sufficient bond has been executed by the bank or banks, for the faithful performance of the contract and to…

Upon the receipt of the notice and order specified in § 5-8-203, it is made the duty of the county trustee to place all funds in the notice in the bank or banks designated therein.

From the date of the deposit, which shall be evidenced by the bank book, the county trustee shall be released from liability for losses to the county in consequence of the contract and deposit; but should the county trustee fail or refuse specifically to obey the order specified …

Before the fifteenth of each month, each of the contracting banks shall render a statement to the county trustee, showing the balance on hand and the interest thereon due the county to the first of the month, and the county trustee shall, in the county trustee's monthly report to…

(a) (1) Every county official handling public funds shall be required to maintain an official bank account in a bank or banks within this state, and shall, within three (3) days after the receipt by such county official of any public funds, deposit the funds to the credit of such…

(a) Each county trustee may adopt a checking system for the disbursing of county funds by the county trustee as prescribed by this section by giving at least thirty (30) days notice to each official authorized to sign checks. Once adopted, any trustee may, with the approval of th…

(a) It is the policy of this state and the several counties that all idle county funds shall be invested to the maximum extent practical according to the following:(1) Idle county funds derived from bond proceeds shall be invested in accordance with subsection (b);(2) Idle county…

(a) For the purpose of carrying out § 5-8-301, the county legislative body of the several counties may appoint a committee with authority to designate the types of investments, the amounts of those investments and the maturity of those investments. (b) No liability shall attach t…

The county mayor is required, in making settlements with clerks, to ascertain what amount of money is in their hands due to witnesses and officers, that may have been collected by them from suitors, and that has been in the hands of the clerk for more than two (2) years, and such…

(a) The several clerks shall, upon oath, produce their books and papers, and point out to the county mayor the items so collected by them and remaining in their hands, mentioned in § 5-8-401; and the county mayor shall examine the books minutely, and interrogate the clerks with a…

The person to whom any money paid into the county treasury is due may apply to the county mayor for a warrant for the amount due that person, and, on presenting this warrant to the county trustee, the county trustee shall pay the amount, as in other cases, out of any money in the…

This part shall apply to clerks of the appeals and supreme courts, who are required to pay over to the county mayor of the county in which the suits originated, as other county revenue, on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year, all moneys in their hands …

The comptroller of the treasury, with the approval of the governor, shall devise a modern and effective bookkeeping and accounting system to be used by all county officials and agencies receiving and disbursing the revenues of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and s…

All county officials and agencies receiving and disbursing the revenues of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be required to adopt a system of bookkeeping and accounting that meets the minimum standards provided for in § 5-8-501.

If any county official or agency receiving and disbursing the revenues of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall fail to comply with § 5-8-502, the county, within thirty (30) days after the completion of the audit made by the state department of audit under §§ 4-3-3…

All appointive or elective county public officials, official county boards, committees and commissions in the state having in their charge and custody public funds or moneys are required to file with the county mayor and with the county clerk, who shall provide a copy of this rep…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the county commission shall cause to be published the proposed annual operating budget, no later than five (5) days after the budget is presented to the governing body, in a newspaper of general circulation, if the newspaper is p…