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Committee reviews ordinance to allow municipal foreclosure on liens for hazardous or vacant properties
Summary
Legal and BOA enforcement staff presented an ordinance to add explicit foreclosure authority to Title 23 so the municipality can enforce liens created for boarding, abatement and other code-enforcement costs under Alaska statutes; the proposal mirrors existing Title 15 authority used in the vacant/abandoned property portal.
Quincy Armstrong of the municipal legal department and Scott Campbell of BOA Enforcement briefed the committee on a proposed ordinance to add enforcement language to Title 23 that would allow municipal liens created for boarding-up, abatement and other code-enforcement costs to be enforced through foreclosure under Alaska statutes.
Campbell described regular field work by BOA Enforcement to board and secure broken-into or hazardous…
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