Section 8-18-102 - Penalty for acceptance of office by ineligible person(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.Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 281, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.Code 1858, § 749; Shan., § 1070; Code 1932, § 1813; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1802; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.