37-61-214. Penalty for practicing without certificate indicating payment of tax. An attorney may not practice or be permitted to practice in any of the courts of record in this state until the attorney has paid a license tax for the current fiscal year and procured a certificate, as provided in 37-61-211, and any attorney violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.