Tenn. Code Ann. § 43-18-106: Additional penalty recoverable in qui tam action

In addition to the punishment provided in § 43-18-105 , and either before or after, with or without criminal prosecution, any person in interest can recover in such person's own name of any person buying loose or ginned cotton that is not baled, contrary to § 43-18-105 , a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), to be recovered by civil suit in any court having jurisdiction of that amount.