Sec. 22-326e. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up intensive poultry operations.

      Sec. 22-326e. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up intensive poultry operations. (a) Any amount paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-326d shall be a lien against the real estate of the person causing the condition or activity in accordance with the provisions of this section.

      (b) A lien pursuant to this section shall not be effective unless (1) a certificate of lien is filed in the land records of each town in which the real estate is located, describing the real estate, the amount of the lien, the name of the owner as grantor and the name of the person causing, engaging in or maintaining the condition or activity, if known, and (2) the commissioner mails a copy of the certificate to such persons and to all other persons of record holding an interest in such real estate.

      (P.A. 87-504, S. 3, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.