If, after due notice, an employer defaults in any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due may be collected by civil action in the name of the commission, and this remedy shall be in addition to such other remedies as may be herein provided or otherwise provided by law. An employer adjudged in default shall pay the costs of such action. Civil actions brought under this section to collect contributions or interest thereon from an employer shall be heard by the court at the earliest possible date, and shall be entitled to preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil actions except petitions for judicial review of claims for benefits under this chapter.
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