(A) Charges for wastewater service shall be a lien upon the premises as provided by statute. Whenever a bill for sewer service remains unpaid sixty (60) days after it has been rendered, the comptroller may file with the recorder of Carroll County, a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the sewer department claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges for wastewater service subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
Whenever a wastewater service bill remains unpaid for a period of sixty (60) days after it has been rendered, and the consumer whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, the comptroller shall cause said notice to be mailed to the owner of said premises at his last known address, if such owner can be ascertained.
The failure of the comptroller 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 wastewater service bills as mentioned in the following subsection.
(B) Property subject to a lien for unpaid wastewater service charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of such 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 sewer department.
The city attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings, in the name of the sewer department, in any court having jurisdiction over such matters, against any property for which a wastewater service bill has remained unpaid sixty (60) days after it has been rendered. (1977 Code)