§ 110.20 DISTRAINT WARRANT MAY BE ISSUED; PROCEDURE.
   The lien herein provided for may be foreclosed either by a suit in the District Court in the manner as chattel mortgages are foreclosed, or the County Clerk may, under his or her hand and seal the county, issue a distraint warrant against 1 or more persons who are delinquent in the payment of the fees. The warrant shall be directed to the Sheriff of the county, and shall order him or her to seize and sell the property of the persons in an amount sufficient to pay the delinquent license fee. The warrant when issued shall be delivered to the Sheriff of the county who shall execute the same within 5 days of its receipt by him or her, by seizing the personal property used in the business of the person named therein an amount that the proceeds of the sale thereof shall be sufficient to pay the license fee as may preservation of the property, and sale, unless the person whose property is to be seized shall pay the sums named in the warrant and all expenses and costs incurred before the time of sale. Property seized under the distraint warrant shall be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, after advertising the time and place for the sale, the property to be sold and the amount to be realized from the sale in 6 conspicuous places in the county for a period of 10 days before the license fee shall be paid, together with the cost of levying the warrant, preserving the property, advertising and conducting the sale, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid over to the person, firm, corporation or business owing the license fee.
(Ord. 85-8, passed 9-9-1985)