1. (a) If charges for the cost of treatment and maintenance of a patient remain unpaid in whole for three (3) months or in part for six (6) months, the appropriate division may file, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located, the following:

   1. (1) A notice of lien designating the name and place of residence of the patient or responsible party against whose property the lien is asserted.
   2. (2) The date when the charges became delinquent.
   3. (3) A legal description of the real property subject to the lien.

2. (b) The county auditor or assessor of a county shall, upon request by the division, do the following:

   1. (1) Give notice of all real property in the county registered to the patient or responsible parties.
   2. (2) Furnish the division the legal description and address of all property so registered.

3. (c) One (1) copy of the notice of lien shall be retained by and filed in the offices of the division, and one (1) copy shall be furnished to the patient or responsible party whose real property is affected.

   [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-18.1-4(a).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.