The amount of the cost of repairs, alterations or improvements, or of vacating and closing, or removal or demolition by the Inspector shall be a lien against the real property upon which the cost was incurred; and the lien shall be recorded in the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of the county. The cost shall also be placed upon the city’s tax books against the property, and may be collected and the lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as taxes and tax liens are collected and foreclosed, or by suit as the city may determine.
(Prior Code, § 4-159) (Ord. 19-22, passed 12-17-2019)
Statutory reference:
Similar state law, see G.S. § 160A-443(3) through (5)