In the event any rates or charges for service are not paid within 30 days of rendition of the bills, then and thereafter such delinquencies and penalty thereon shall constitute liens upon the real estate for which such service is supplied, and the Village Water and Sewer Clerk is hereby authorized to file sworn statements showing such delinquencies in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county, and the filing of such statements shall be deemed notice of the payment of charges for such service. The Village Water and Sewer Clerk is also authorized to initiate such action in the Circuit Court of the county against all persons as may be liable for the services as set forth in § 51.24 as may be necessary to collect such delinquent amounts.
(2009 Code, § 39-1-19)