39-51-1305. Priority of payment of taxes due under legal dissolutions or distributions. In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, taxes then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims, except taxes and claims for wages of not more than $250 to each claimant earned within 6 months of the commencement of the proceeding.

     History: En. Subd. (c), Sec. 14, Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 137, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 164, L. 1941; R.C.M. 1947, 87-137; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 125, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 373, L. 1991.