(A) Whenever a bill for sewer service remains unpaid for 30 days after it has been rendered, the City Treasurer shall file with the Recorder of Deeds of the appropriate county a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain a legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill and a notice that the city claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges for sewer service subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
(B) If a consumer whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, the City Treasurer shall notify the owner of the premises, if his or her address be known to the City Treasurer whenever such bill remains unpaid for a period of 30 days after it has been rendered.
(C) The failure of the City Treasurer to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid sewer bills mentioned in division (B) above.
(D) (1) Property subject to a lien for unpaid sewer service charges shall be sold for non-payment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill in equity in the name of the city.
(2) The City Attorney is hereby authorized and elected to institute such proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill for sewer service has remained unpaid 30 days after it has been rendered.
(1960 Code, § 38-10-4)