§ 14.16. Personal Property - Jeopardy Assessment.
If the treasurer finds or reasonably believes that any person who is, or may be, liable for taxes upon personal property, the taxable location of which was in the city on tax day, intends to depart or has departed from the city; or to remove or has removed from the city personal property which is, or may be, liable for taxation; or intends to conceal or conceals such property; or does any other act tending to prejudice, or to render wholly or partly ineffectual the proceedings to collect such tax, the treasurer shall cause the collection of the taxes under a jeopardy assessment in the manner provided by law.