18-3-607. Cash book to be kept by sheriff as ex officio county collector; entries to be made; inspection; receipts; penalties.
(a) Every county sheriff as ex officio county collector shall have and keep in his office a cash book in which shall be entered all monies paid him by virtue of his office, together with the date of payment, the name of the person paying the same and the purpose for which it was paid. Each cash book shall at all reasonable hours of the day be open to the inspection and examination of all persons desiring to examine it.
(b) Upon receiving any money the sheriff shall issue a receipt to the person paying the same, entering on the receipt the same information required to be entered in the cash book.
(c) Any county sheriff or deputy who fails to perform the duties specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section or who fails to perform any other duties required by law is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). In addition the court may adjudge that the sheriff be removed from office.
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