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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="9-408" title_number="9" title_name="Juvenile Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Juvenile Services Facilities Capital Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Proceedings to determine the State’s right to recover and the amount of its recovery under this subtitle have priority over other civil proceedings in the circuit court.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After a full adversary proceeding, if the court finds that a default described in § 9-406(a) of this subtitle has occurred, the court shall issue a final judgment for the amount the court finds to be recoverable by the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>All parties involved in the default, including the owner of the property, shall be held jointly and severally liable to the State for the amount of the judgment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the court does not find that a default described in § 9-406(a) of this subtitle has occurred or if the court’s judgment is paid in full to the State within 30 days after the court’s final order, any temporary lien shall be released immediately and the Secretary of the Board of Public Works shall cause the release to be recorded in the land records of the county in which the property is located.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the judgment remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the court’s final order, the amount shall be a lien on the property.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Unless the State provides otherwise in a written subordination agreement, the lien is superior to a lien or other interest of any mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, or judgment creditor whose interest became perfected against third persons after the State awarded a grant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A lien under this section takes effect on the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the 31st day after the court’s final order if the Secretary of the Board of Public Works records a notice of lien in the land records of the county in which the property is located on or before the 41st day after the final order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date a notice of lien is recorded.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>When the lien takes effect, any temporary lien is automatically and fully released.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The recorded notice of the lien constitutes notice of the release of the temporary lien.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A lien under this section may be enforced and foreclosed in accordance with the Maryland Rules, except that the State or any agent appointed by the State to sell the property does not need to file a bond.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner or any other interested party may obtain release of a lien under this section by paying to the State the full amount of the judgment entered by the circuit court, and any interest that has accrued from the date of judgment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On payment in full, the Secretary of the Board of Public Works shall cause a release to be recorded in the land records of the county in which the property is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
