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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="6-320" title_number="6" title_name="State Fire Prevention Commission and State Fire Marshal" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Fire Marshal">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an owner or occupant of a building, structure, or premises who is served with a copy of an abatement order in accordance with § 6-319 of this subtitle fails to comply with the order within 30 days after the order is issued, or within 30 days after a court’s affirmation of the order becomes final, the State Fire Marshal:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may enter the building, structure, or premises affected by the order; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at the expense of the owner or occupant, may cause:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the building, structure, or premises to be repaired or demolished;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the combustible, flammable, or explosive materials to be removed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the dangerous conditions to be remedied.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the owner or occupant fails to reimburse the State Fire Marshal for the expenses incurred by the State Fire Marshal under subsection (a) of this section within 30 days after written demand is mailed to the owner or occupant at the owner’s or occupant’s last known address, the State Fire Marshal may sue in the name of the State to recover the expenses, with interest, in a court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the owner or occupant fails to comply with the abatement order after the period of time specified in subsection (a) of this section, the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may cooperate with the State Fire Marshal in repairing, demolishing, or otherwise remedying dangerous conditions in a building or structure in the county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A lien shall attach to the property on which the building or structure stood in the amount of the expense of the work done by the county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
