in writing signed by the officer stating the amount of such rate, |
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge and describing the real |
estate on which it is assessed, alleging that a lien is claimed on |
the real estate to secure the payment thereof of the rate, toll, |
impact fee, assessment or charge and demanding its payment within |
10 days after the service of such notice. After the expiration of |
the 10 days and within 10 days thereafter, in the case of a |
resident, and in all other cases within 1 year from the date of |
commitment of the rate, toll or charge to said officer, the officer |
shall record in the registry of deeds of York county a certificate |
signed by him the officer setting forth the amount of such rate, |
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge, a description of the real |
estate on which the same is assessed and an allegation that a lien |
is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment of the rate, |
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge, that a demand for payment |
of the same has been made in accordance with the provisions of this |
act and that the rate, toll, impact fee, assessment or charge |
remains unpaid. In all cases, except in the case of a resident, |
the certificate so filed need not contain the allegation that |
payment of the rate, toll or charge has been demanded. At the time |
of the recording of the certificate in the registry of deeds as |
herein provided in this section, the officer shall file in the |
office of the district a true copy of the certificate and also mail |
by registered letter to each record holder of a mortgage on said |
the real estate, addressed to him the record holder at his the |
record holder's last and usual place of abode, a true copy of the |
certificate. The fee to be charged for such notice and filing |
shall be $1 is $13 plus all fees for certified mail, return receipt |
requested, and the fee of the register of deeds for such filing |
shall be $1 are the fees established by the Maine Revised Statutes, |
Title 33, section 751, which fees shall become an expense of the |
person owing the rate, toll, impact fee, assessment or charge. The |
filing of the aforesaid certificate in the registry of deeds as |
aforesaid shall be is deemed to create a mortgage on the real |
estate to the district having priority over all other mortgages, |
liens, attachments and encumbrances of any nature, except liens, |
attachments and claims for taxes, and shall give gives to the |
district all the rights usually incident to a mortgage, except that |
the mortgagee shall does not have any right of possession of the |
real estate until the right of redemption herein provided for shall |
have in this section has expired. |