(a) Upon the failure of the county trustee and the county mayor to employ an attorney and institute suits for the collection of delinquent taxes, and within the time provided, the district attorney general has the power and the duty to:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-5-2406
County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(1) Employ an attorney to institute and prosecute suits for the collection of such taxes; or(2) Maintain an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the county trustee and county mayor to employ an attorney to institute and prosecute suits for the collection of such taxes.(b) In the event a delinquent tax attorney has not prosecuted delinquent tax suits to a sale of the property within five (5) years of the filing of the suit, the court, on motion of the county mayor and county trustee or the district attorney general, may remove the attorney from all delinquent tax suits the attorney is prosecuting, unless satisfactory explanation of the delay is proven to the court. Upon the attorney’s removal, the lien for attorney’s fees on any remaining unpaid taxes shall be extinguished as to such attorney.
