Each annual improvement assessment, with any penalty or interest incident to the nonpayment thereof, shall constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel of benefited property against which it is assessed. The lien shall attach to each lot or parcel of benefited property as the same is described by the owner‘s deed of record in the county clerk’s office at the time of the publication of the ordinance of initiation, as provided, and thereupon shall take precedence over all other liens, whether created prior to or subsequent to the publication of the ordinance, except state and county taxes, general municipal taxes, and prior improvement assessments and shall not be defeated or postponed by any private or judicial sales, by any mortgage, or by any error or mistake in the description of the property or in the names of the owners. No error in the proceedings of the urban-county council shall exempt any benefited property from the lien for the improvement assessment, or from the payment thereof, or from the penalties or interest thereon, as herein provided. No error in the proceedings of the urban-county council shall exempt any property from liability for payment of any annual improvement assessment, or for any interest or penalty incident to nonpayment thereof. The urban-county council of the government shall have power to make such rules and orders as may be required to properly administer the project.
Effective: June 17, 1978

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 67A.889

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Project: means any undertaking within or near a local parking district. See Kentucky Statutes 67A.912
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 154, effective June 17, 1978. — Created
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 371, sec. 19, effective March 30, 1976.