NO LIENS can be applied for administrative citations

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This is not a published case, but the message is clear.

"The primary question in this case is whether cities in California may impose a special assessment or attach a lien to real property to collect fines or penalties for municipal ordinance violations. We hold that California law prohibits cities from doing so. ..."

MECHAMMIL v. CITY OF SAN JACINTO, Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?scid ... dt=2&hl=en

Note - cities do things until a court tells them not to. Some cities are calling every violation in the city a public nuisance. Some cities are starting out as an abatement, but then changing track and issuing a citation. It appears a city cannot issue a citation and then place a lien on the real property.