At any time within three years after any operator is delinquent in the remittance or payment of any amount required in this chapter to be remitted or paid or within three years after the last recording of a certificate under Section 3.24.160 of this chapter, the tax administrator may issue a warrant for the enforcement of any liens and for the collection of any amount required to be paid to the city under this chapter. The warrant shall be directed to any sheriff, marshal, or constable and shall have the same effect as a writ of execution. The warrant shall be levied and sale made pursuant to it in the same manner with the same effect as a levy of and a sale pursuant to a writ of execution. The tax administrator may pay or advance to the sheriff, marshal, or constable the same fees, commissions and expenses for his or her services as are provided by law for similar services pursuant to a writ of execution. The tax administrator, and not the court, will approve the fees for publication in a newspaper. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.200)