(1) The county shall have a lien for any civil penalty imposed or for the cost of any abatement work done pursuant to this chapter, or both, against the real property on which the civil penalty was imposed or any of the abatement work was performed.

(2) The civil penalty and the cost of abatement are also joint and several personal obligations of all persons in violation. The applicable director or the prosecuting attorney on behalf of Snohomish County may collect the civil penalty and the abatement work costs by use of all appropriate civil legal remedies.

(3) Any lien imposed by the county under this chapter shall be subordinate to all existing special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property and shall be paramount to all other liens, except for state and county taxes, with which it shall be on a parity. (Added by Amended Ord. 08-062, Oct. 1, 2008, Eff date Nov. 1, 2008).