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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-1105" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Lien for Unpaid Wages">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a circuit court orders the establishment of a lien for unpaid wages, the employee may record the lien for unpaid wages by filing a wage lien statement under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the employer fails to file a timely complaint disputing the notice of wage lien, the employee may record the lien for unpaid wages by filing a wage lien statement under subsection (c) of this section along with proof of service in accordance with Maryland Rule 2–126.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A wage lien statement may be recorded:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a lien against real property, by filing a wage lien statement, in a form prescribed by the Commissioner, with the clerk of the circuit court for the county where any portion of the property is located; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a lien against personal property, by filing a wage lien statement in the same manner, form, and place as a financing statement under Title 9, Subtitle 5 of the Commercial Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employee does not record a wage lien statement within 180 days after the lien for unpaid wages is established, a lien for unpaid wages shall be extinguished without prejudice.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If payment is made or a bond is filed for the amount of wages and damages stated in the wage lien statement, the recorded lien for unpaid wages shall be released.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A lien for unpaid wages recorded under this section shall be considered a secured claim that has priority:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>from the date of the court order establishing the lien for unpaid wages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if no complaint disputing the lien for unpaid wages is filed, from the date that the employee filed the wage lien statement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Subsequent bona fide purchasers of any property subject to a recorded lien for unpaid wages are deemed to have constructive notice of the lien for unpaid wages from date of recordation of a wage lien statement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
