65.8835 Lien -- Recording -- Responsibility for fines, charges, and fees.

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Page 1 of 1 65.8835 Lien -- Recording -- Responsibility for fines, charges, and fees. (1) The local government shall possess a lien on property owned by the person found by a final, nonappealable order of a code enforcement board, or by a final judgment of the court, to have committed a violation of a local government ordinance for all fines assessed for the violation and for all charges and fees incurred by the local government in connection with the enforcement of the ordinance. The lien shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk. The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest until paid. The lien shall take precedence over all other subsequent liens, except state, county, school board, and city taxes, and may be enforced by judicial proceedings. (2) In addition to the remedy prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, the person found to have committed the violation shall be personally responsible for the amount of all fines assessed for the violation and for all charges and fees incurred by the local government in connection with the enforcement of the ordinance. The local government may bring a civil action against the person and shall have the same remedies as provided for the recovery of a debt. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1996.