5-11-2. Procedures for tax liens without a judgment .

(1) Once the County has taken an enforcement action with penalties or abated a property for garbage, unlicensed/inoperative vehicles, refuse, or unsightly or deleterious objects or structures, the ordinance enforcement administrator shall prepare three copies of the itemized statement of costs incurred in the removal and destruction of the violations and deliver them to the county treasurer within ten days after completion of the work of removing the violations.

(2) The ordinance enforcement administrator shall send, by certified mail to the property owner's last known address, a copy of the itemized statement of costs informing him or her that a code enforcement tax lien is being recorded for the amount of actual costs of abatement. Payment shall be due within 20 calendar days from the date of mailing.

(3) Upon receipt of the itemized statement of costs, the county treasurer shall record a code enforcement tax lien against the property.

(4) The failure of any person with a financial interest in the property to actually receive the notice of the lien shall not affect the validity of the lien or any proceedings taken to collect the outstanding costs of abatement. (Ord. 2005-05, 2/15/05 )