In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceedings, contributions then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes, but on a parity with claims for wages of not more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to each claimant, earned within six (6) months of the commencement of the proceedings. In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposals, or composition under the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended, contributions then or thereafter due shall be entitled to such priority as is provided therein for taxes due and owing this state.
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