As Amended
SEC. 69-25-63. Payment and enforcement of penalties; fees and costs.
(1) Any penalty assessed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall be due and payable within forty-five (45) days of the notification of the decision.
(2) In the event that the judgment is not paid within the forty-five (45) days, or within such additional time as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may allow, the commissioner through his designated representative may file suit in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides or in the case of a nonresident defendant in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the decision of the commissioner and recover reasonable attorney's fees and all court costs.
(3) A copy of the notification sent by the commissioner or the State Entomologist to the violator shall be sufficient proof as to the judgment of the commissioner.
SOURCES: Laws, 1992, ch. 474, Sec. 7, eff from and after July 1, 1992.