A. When a judgment is given in municipal court in favor of the City for the sum of $10.00 or more, exclusive of costs or disbursements, the code enforcement officer may, at any time thereafter while the judgment is enforceable, file with the City’s finance director a certified transcript of all those entries made in the docket of the municipal court with respect to the action in which the judgment was entered.

B. Thereupon, the finance director shall enter the judgment of the municipal court on the City lien docket.

C. From the time of the entry of the municipal court judgment in the City lien docket, the judgment shall be a lien upon the real property of the person against whom judgment was entered in the municipal court. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, entry of the municipal court judgment in the City lien docket shall not thereby extend the lien of the judgment more than 10 years from the original entry of the judgment in the municipal court.

D. Whenever a judgment of the municipal court which has been entered pursuant to this section is renewed by the municipal court the lien established by subsection C of this section is automatically extended 10 years from the date of the renewal order.

E. The finance director may file the transcript of the judgment with the County Clerk for entry in the judgment docket of the circuit court. [BC 2.10.030, amended by Ordinance No. 4688, 6/21/16]