Every charge authorized by section 34-31 with which the owner of any such property shall have been assessed and which remains
unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property ranking on a parity with liens
for unpaid local taxes and enforceable in the same manner as provided in Code of Virginia,
§§ 58.1-3940 et seq. and 58.1-3965 et seq. The town may waive such lien in order to
facilitate the sale of the property. Such lien may be waived only as to a purchaser
who is unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner and who has no business association
with the owner. All such liens shall remain a personal obligation of the owner of
the property at the time the liens were imposed.
(Code 1992, § 18-12)
