The tax levied by the City is hereby declared to be a lien, charge, or encumbrance upon the property upon which the tax is due, which lien, charge, or encumbrance the City is entitled to enforce and foreclose in any court having jurisdiction over the same, and the lien, charge and encumbrance on the property in favor of the City, for the amount of the taxes due on such property is such as to give the state courts jurisdiction to enforce and foreclose said lien on the property on which the tax is due, not only as against any resident of this state or person whose residence is unknown, but also as against non-residents. All taxes upon real estate shall especially be a lien and a charge upon the property upon which the taxes are due, which lien may be foreclosed in any court having jurisdiction. The City's tax lien shall exist from January 1st in each year until the taxes are paid. Such lien shall be prior to all other claims, and no gift, sale, assignment or transfer of any kind, or judicial writ of any kind, can defeat such lien.
All persons or corporations owning or holding personal property or real estate in the City of Harker Heights on the first day of January of each year shall be liable for all municipal taxes levied thereon for such year.
The personal property of all persons owing any taxes to the City of Harker Heights is hereby made liable for all said taxes, whether the same be due upon personal or real property, or upon both.