Section 10-141 - Recording the lien. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-141. Recording the lien.
 

(a)  Notice to circuit court clerk.- The Administration may file a notice of a child support lien with the clerk of a circuit court. 

(b)  Duty of circuit court clerk.-  

(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 include: 

(i) the name of the person whose property is subject to the child support lien; and 

(ii) the amount and date of the child support lien. 

(c)  Effect of filing.-  

(1) From the date on which a child support lien is filed, the child support lien has the full force and effect of a judgment lien. 

(2) A child support lien established under this Part IV of this subtitle may be enforced in accordance with the Maryland Rules. 
 

[1997, ch. 609, § 1; 1998, ch. 21, § 1.]