§ 144.290 RSMo — Duty of director in collecting tax of itinerant seller — security may be required — cash bond, deposit and refund

1. If the director of revenue believes that the collection of any tax or any amount of tax required to be collected and paid under sections 144.010 to 144.510 to the state by any itinerant seller or other seller having no regularly established place of business, or by any seller who the director of revenue has reason to believe is about to discontinue business and dispose of his property or assets, will be jeopardized by delay, he shall thereupon make a determination of such amount of tax to be collected and paid under sections 144.010 to 144.510 , noting that fact upon such determination and the amount thereof shall be immediately due and payable. Such person shall have the right to stay collection and prevent the jeopardy assessment from becoming final by filing, within ten days after the date of mailing or issuing the notice of jeopardy assessment, a request for reassessment, accompanied by such reasonable security as the director of revenue may deem necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.510 .

2. If a request for reassessment, accompanied by the required security, is filed within a ten-day period, the director of revenue shall reconsider the assessment. The director of revenue's action on the request for reassessment becomes final upon the expiration of thirty days from the date when he mails notice of his action to the person, unless within that thirty-day period such person files a petition for review with the administrative hearing commission under section 144.261 .

3. In the event that the security filed with the director is in cash, the director shall deposit such security in the state general revenue fund and such security shall be released to the taxpayer pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.050 from funds appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose. If appropriated funds are available, the commissioner of administration and the state treasurer shall cause such refunds to be paid within thirty days of the receipt of a warrant request for such payment from the director of the department of revenue.