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Board denies CHAS Studio'requested lien reduction after title'search dispute
Summary
After testimony from CHAS Studio owner Isabela Savido that a title search did not disclose a large accrued code-enforcement lien, staff said the recorded lien had accrued to roughly $68,400; the board denied the owner's request to reduce the lien to administrative costs and advised the owner to pursue remedies with the title insurer.
The board reviewed an appeal Dec. 10 from CHAS Studio owner Isabela Savido seeking to reduce a recorded code enforcement lien tied to 4384 Francis Avenue in Sanford to administrative costs of $580.98. County staff presented the case history and the code enforcement record (case 19-126-CEB), and said the lien was recorded with an original starting value plus $50-a-day accruals.
Savido told commissioners she purchased the property for a flip and that her closing title search showed a substantially smaller figure; she said she had pursued the title company without success. County staff and the county attorney explained how fines accrue and that the record lists an initial amount plus daily accruals, and staff said an earlier external figure given to the applicant had been corrected and the county'calculated amount was roughly $68,400. Chair moved to deny the reduction; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioners advised the applicant that her remedy for a title company error is through the title insurer or a civil claim, not through a county lien-reduction process.
