Boonville Lien ordinance (§ 11-40)

(a) When the full amount due the city pursuant to this article is not paid by such owner within 90 days after the sending of a bill for the collection and disposal of such litter, the health commissioner, or his delegate shall cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of deeds a verified statement showing the cost and expense incurred for the work, including any interest, computed in accordance with section 11-39, the date the work was done, and the legal description of the premises on which said work was done.

(b) The recording of such verified statement shall constitute a lien on such premises and shall remain in full force and effect for the amount due in principal and interest; plus costs of court, if any, for collection, including a reasonable attorney's fee of at least 25 per cent of the amount collected, until final payment has been made. Said costs and expenses may be collected in any manner allowed by law, and shall subject to a delinquent penalty of 15 per cent in the event the same is not paid in full on or before the date the tax bill upon which said charge appears becomes delinquent, or in the case of the owner of property exempt from real estate taxes, three months after the date the bill for such work was mailed by regular mail addressed to the owner thereof at his last-known address as furnished to or by the city.

(c) A copy of the verified statement recorded in accordance with these provisions, and certified as a true and complete copy by the county recorder of deeds or the recorded verified statement itself, shall be prima facie evidence that all legal formalities have been complied with and that the work has been done properly and satisfactorily, and shall be full notice to every person concerned that the amount of the statement, plus interest and appropriate costs and penalties, constitutes a charge against the property designated or described in the statement, and that the same is due and collectible as provided by law.