A. The owner of any commercial real estate upon which a lien has been filed pursuant to the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act may petition the district court for the county in which the commercial real estate is located for an order canceling the lien.

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B. Upon the filing of the petition, the district court judge shall examine the broker’s recorded demands and determine an amount sufficient to satisfy the recorded demands and any other damages, court costs or attorney fees that may be recovered by the broker. Security, in the amount set by the judge and of a type approved by the judge, shall be deposited by the owner of the commercial real estate with the district court conditioned on the payment of any sum found to be validly due to the broker.

C. When the security is deposited under this section, the judge of the district court shall immediately issue an order canceling the lien and shall notify the county clerk with whom the lien was filed. Upon the recording of the order, the county clerk shall mark the filed lien as canceled. When an order is issued under this subsection, the broker’s lien attaches to the security and is enforceable as to the security in the district court in which it is deposited.