§ 82-41. Liens.

(a)

All charges and assessments levied under this article shall become liens upon the property benefited from the date due and payable.

(b)

Whenever the owner of any property chargeable under this article shall fail to pay any charge or assessment when it shall become due, execution of a lien against the property shall be issued in the name of the board of commissioners and shall be signed by the director of finance or a designated representative.

(c)

Said execution shall issue in rem against the property benefited by the service, and in personam against the owner thereof, and shall include, in addition to principal and interest, a fee for the issuance of the same as may be established from time to time by the board of commissioners.

(d)

All executions issued against the property and the owner thereof shall immediately be recorded on the general execution docket in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County. All executions issued under this article shall be subject to enforcement in the same manner as now provided for the enforcement of state and county tax fi. fas., including levy thereon and the filing and subsequent proceedings in connection with affidavits of illegality.

(Res. No. 04-1326, 12-15-04)