(A) Any owner of a vacant property who had not registered a vacant property in compliance with this Vacant Property Registration Act shall be subject to citation and subsequent fine up to $500.
(B) The village may enforce collection of vacant property registration fees by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Unpaid vacant property registration fees and unpaid fines for any violation of a vacant property registration ordinance shall become a lien on the applicable property upon the recording of a notice of such lien in the office of the Cass County, Nebraska Register of Deeds. The lien created under this subsection shall be subordinate to all liens on the applicable property recorded prior to the time the notice of such lien is recorded.
(Ord. 648, passed 12-14-21)