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Section 10-140 – Unpaid Child Support Constitutes a Lien

    (a)    (1)    Unpaid child support, due under an order requiring payments through a support enforcement agency, constitutes a lien in favor of the obligee on all real and personal property of the obligor.         (2)    The Administration shall notify the obligor and obligee of any child support lien established under paragraph (1) of this subsection.     (b)    A child support lien […]

Section 10-141 – Recording the Lien

    (a)    The Administration may file a notice of a child support lien with the clerk of a circuit court.     (b)    (1)    On receipt of a notice of a child support lien, the clerk of a circuit court shall:             (i)    record and index the lien; and             (ii)    enter the lien in the judgment docket of the court.         (2)    The docket entry shall […]

Section 10-142 – Enforcement of Lien

    (a)    If a child support lien is not satisfied or released, the Administration may bring an action in a circuit court to enforce the lien.     (b)    The following persons shall be made parties to the proceeding:         (1)    each person who has a recorded lien on the property that is sought to be subjected to the proceedings under this […]

Section 10-143 – Out-of-State Liens

    Upon request of the Administration, a child support lien arising in another state may be recorded and enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as a lien arising under § 10-140 of this subtitle.

Section 10-144 – Remedies

    The remedies provided in this Part IV are in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies.