§40-7-21. Failure to fill out schedules or lists or give information or subscribe oaths; authority for enforcement of imposed taxes.

(a) It shall be a Class C misdemeanor for any taxpayer, or attorney or agent of any taxpayer having authority to make tax returns, to fail, neglect, or refuse on demand of the tax assessor, county revenue commissioner, or other assessing official, to fill out or have filled out the schedule or list herein provided for, or to fail to give the information herein provided for, or to fail, refuse, or neglect, to take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation required to such schedules or fail to return the same to the assessing official as prescribed by law.

(b) The county tax assessor, the county revenue commissioner, or other county assessing official, the Department of Revenue, their agents, and designated representatives, shall have authority to audit, examine, and inspect any and all records and property as needed to enforce the taxes imposed by this chapter.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §51; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-824, p. 265, §17.)