Where the growth is cut, debris is removed or garbage is collected by the city and
where the owners fail to pay to the city the expense of such cutting and removing,
and a $50.00 service charge, within 30 days thereof, the city shall have, when duly
recorded in the records of St. Tammany Parish, a lien and privilege upon the real
property of the owners for the reimbursement of such expenses, along with administrative
fees. Such amount shall be carried as an assessment against the property upon the
tax roll of the city. The privilege and lien may be enforced by assessing the amount
of the privilege and lien against the immovable as a tax against the immovable, to
be enforced and collected as any ordinary property tax lien to be assessed against
the property. Such lien and privilege may be collected in the manner fixed for collection
of taxes and shall be subject to the same civil penalties for delinquencies. The city
may also recover interest on the amount secured by the lien. The interest shall not
exceed the rate of legal interest provided in C.C. art. 2924, and shall be computed
from the date of recordation of the lien until paid.
