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.Codes, 1942, § 7426; Laws, 1940, ch. 295, § 12; Laws, 1948, ch. 412, § 9d; Laws, 1958, ch. 533, § 7d; Laws, 1968, ch. 561, § 3d, eff. 7/1/1968.
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