Article 4. Warrant For Collection of California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 4.

If any amount required to be paid under this division is not paid when due, the director or the director's authorized representative may, not later than three years after the payment became delinquent, or within 10 years after the last entry of a judgment under Article 5 (commencing with Section 1815) or within 10 years after the last recording or filing of a notice of state tax lien under Section 7171 of the Government Code, issue a warrant for the enforcement of any liens and for the collection of any amount required to be paid to the state under this division. The warrant shall be directed to any sheriff, marshal, or peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol 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 and with the same effect as a levy of and a sale pursuant to a writ of execution.

The department may pay or advance to the sheriff, marshal, or peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol the same fees, commissions, and expenses for his or her services under this article as are provided by law for similar services pursuant to a writ of execution. The director, and not the court, shall approve the fees for publication in a newspaper.

The fees, commissions, and expenses incurred in connection with the levying and execution of a warrant are the obligation of the person or employing unit required to pay any amount under this division and may be collected from him by virtue of the warrant or in any other manner provided in this chapter for the collection of the tax.