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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-11 Enforcement of Board orders.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-11" heading="Enforcement of Board orders.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Penalty as debt and lien.">Any civil penalty imposed on a person by the Board, whether on hearing, on default, or otherwise:<para num="(1)">is a personal debt owed by that person to the City; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">if the offense involves real property owned by that person, creates a lien on that property in favor of the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Collection of penalties and liens.">All penalties and liens incurred under this subtitle:<para num="(1)">are collectible from and enforceable against any of the assets of the person who incurred the penalty; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">may be collected and enforced in the same way that the City collects and enforces other debts due to it or liens in its favor.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Priority over other liens and encumbrances.">All penalties and liens incurred under this subtitle have priority over all other liens and encumbrances, except taxes or other government assessments.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §305</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-326</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
