If any person or operator is delinquent in the remittance or payment of the amount required to be remitted or paid by him or her or in the event a determination has been made against him or her for the remittance of tax and payment of the penalty, the city may, within three years after the tax obligation became due, give notice thereof personally or by registered mail to all persons, including the state or any political subdivision thereof, having in their possession or under their control any credits or other personal property belonging to the taxpayer. After receiving the withholding notice, the person so notified shall make no disposition of the taxpayer’s credits, other personal property or debts until the city consents to a transfer or disposition or until 60 days elapse after the receipt of the notice, whichever expires earlier. All persons, upon receipt of the notice, shall advise the city immediately of all credits, other personal property or debts in their possession, under their control or owing by them. If the notice seeks to prevent the transfer or other disposition of a deposit in a bank or other credits or personal property in the possession or under the control of the bank, to be effective the notice shall be delivered or mailed to the branch or office of the bank at which the deposit is carried or at which the credits or personal property is held. If any person so notified makes transfer or disposition of the property or debts required to be held hereunder during the effective period of the notice to withhold, he or she shall be liable to the city to the extent of the value of the release up to the amount of the indebtedness owed by the taxpayer to the city.
(Ord. 2008-02, passed 10-1-2008)