A. After passage of the assessment ordinance by the council, the recorder shall enter in the city lien docket a statement of the amounts assessed on each particular lot or portion thereof, together with a description of the improvement, the name of the owners and the date of the assessment ordinance. Upon entry in the lien docket, the amount entered is a lien and charge on the respective lots, or portions thereof, which have been assessed for the improvement.

B. All assessment liens of the city shall be superior and prior to all other liens or encumbrances on property insofar as the laws of the state permit.

C. Thirty days after the date of the letter notifying the owners of the assessment ordinance, interest shall be charged, at the current legal rate of interest, on all amounts not paid, and the city may foreclose or enforce collection of assessment liens in the manner provided by state law.

D. The city may enter a bid for the property being offered at a foreclosure sale. The city bid shall be prior to all bids except those made by persons who would be entitled, under state law, to redeem the property. [Ord. 897 § 13, 2015.]