(A) Charges for such weed removal shall be a lien upon the premises. Whether a bill for such charges remains unpaid for 60 days after it has been rendered, the Clerk-Treasurer may file with the County Auditor a certified statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain a legal description of the premises, the expenses and costs incurred and the date the weeds were cut, and notice that the city claims a lien for this amount, and the Auditor shall place the amount claimed on the tax duplicate against the real estate affected by the abatement, and the amount shall be collected as taxes are collected, and disbursed to the General Fund of the town.
(B) Notice of such lien claim shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his or her address is known; provided, however, that failure of the Clerk-Treasurer 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 such charges as provided in the following section.
(1993 Code, Title III, Art. 6, § 5)