(a) All such assessments shall constitute a lien on the respective lots or parcels of land upon which they are levied, superior to all other liens except those of the state, county and city for taxes.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The enforcement by the state, county, and city of their liens for taxes on any lot or parcel of land upon which has been levied an assessment for any improvement authorized by this chapter shall not operate to discharge or in any manner affect the city’s or town’s lien for such assessment; however, a purchaser at a tax sale by the state, county, or city of any lot or parcel of land upon which the assessment has been levied shall take the same subject to the lien of such assessment, and if bought by the state, any conveyance of the title thus acquired or any redemption shall be subject to the lien of such assessment.
