(A) All taxes levied in this article which are delinquent together with any penalty and interest thereon may be collected in the same manner as any other taxes imposed by law in addition to any remedies or penalties set out in this article.

(B) All delinquent taxes levied in this article or penalties or interest shall at all times constitute a lien upon the property of any person liable for the payment thereof, which shall be prior, superior and paramount as against the claims of unsecured creditors. (C) In case any city, town, county or other political subdivision of this state shall fail or refuse to pay the tax, or any part thereof, becoming due the state under the terms and provisions of this article from such city, town, county or other political subdivision, when due, the Tax Commission shall issue a warrant for the amount of the tax, penalty and interest, due just as in the case of delinquency of any other delinquent taxpayer who fails or refuses to pay the said tax; and the sheriff shall serve such warrant upon the county treasurer of the county in which such delinquent taxpayer is located and from the date of such service the same shall constitute and be a lien upon all ad valorem tax penalties collected by said treasurer for and on account of such delinquent taxpayer until the amount of such delinquent tax due by such taxpayer is paid; and the county treasurer upon whom such tax warrant is served is hereby directed and required to remit the amount of all such ad valorem tax penalty when collected by him to the Tax Commission until the amount due the state by the taxpayer, against whom such warrant was issued, is paid.

Laws 1981, c. 313, § 2, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.