If the commission has just cause to believe and does believe that the collection of contributions from an employer will be jeopardized by delay, it may assess such contributions immediately, together with interest and other amounts provided by this chapter, and may immediately issue a jeopardy warrant under its official seal, directed to the sheriff of any county of said state. The sheriff shall, immediately upon receipt of such jeopardy warrant, file with the clerk of the circuit court of his county a copy thereof, and thereafter both the clerk and the sheriff shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 71-5-367.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation
§ 71-5-351. Payment of contributions; participation in the Mississippi Level Payment Plan (MLPP)
§ 71-5-357. Regulations governing nonprofit organizations
§ 71-5-359. Regulations governing state boards, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions
§ 71-5-363. Interest on past due contributions
§ 71-5-365. Failure to make reports and pay contributions
§ 71-5-367. Collection by warrant
§ 71-5-369. Jeopardy assessment and warrant
§ 71-5-371. Liability of sheriff for failure to execute warrant
§ 71-5-373. Defaulting employer
§ 71-5-375. Contributions a lien
§ 71-5-377. Priorities under legal dissolutions or distributions
§ 71-5-379. Collection by suit
§ 71-5-381. No injunction allowed to restrain collection
§ 71-5-385. Requesting permission to file reports in special format; regulations; penalty