§ 12:525. Costs of demolition to be a lien on property.

The city-parish shall have a lien and privilege for the cost of demolishing or removing the building or structure against the lot and improvements upon which the building or structure is situated. In order to preserve the lien and privilege it shall be the duty of the mayor-president to prepare and sign a sworn statement of facts, giving the description of the property and the approximate cost of demolishing or removing the building or structure, which statements of facts he shall cause to be filed and recorded in the mortgage office of the parish in which the property is located, and the city-parish shall be entitled to recover the amount of this expense together with all costs of court, by ordinary process in the district court having jurisdiction of the property.

(Parish Code 1962, Title 12, § 525)