Connecticut General Statutes Title 22. Agriculture. Domestic Animals § 22-326e. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up intensive poultry operations

(a) Any amount paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-326d shall be a lien against the real estate of the person causing the condition or activity in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(b) A lien pursuant to this section shall not be effective unless (1) a certificate of lien is filed in the land records of each town in which the real estate is located, describing the real estate, the amount of the lien, the name of the owner as grantor and the name of the person causing, engaging in or maintaining the condition or activity, if known, and (2) the commissioner mails a copy of the certificate to such persons and to all other persons of record holding an interest in such real estate.