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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-4 Interest and late fees.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-4" heading="Interest and late fees.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">If an owner fails to pay the registration fee imposed by this subtitle within 30 days of the date on which it is due, the owner is liable for the following, in addition to the registration fee:<para num="(1)">interest at the rate of 1% for each month or fraction of a month that the registration fee is overdue; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">a late fee at the rate of 1% for each month or fraction of a month that the registration fee is overdue.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Remedy not exclusive.">The interest and late fee imposed by this section are in addition to any other penalties authorized by law.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Unpaid sum a personal debt and lien.">
      <para num="(1)">All registration fees, interest, and late fees provided for in this section are a personal debt owed by the owner of the vacant lot.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These fees and interest:<para num="(i)">are a lien in favor of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on the vacant lot; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">may be collected or enforced the same as any other debts or liens due to or in favor of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 13, §58(g)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-642</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-832</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
