(a)      In the event of an alleged sale or transfer described in § 30(b)(1) of this subtitle, or in the event that property is alleged to have ceased to be operated as a senior citizen activities center, the Secretary of the Board of Public Works may file, in the circuit court for the county or Baltimore City in which the property is located, a claim under §§ 26 through 32 of this subtitle, styled as a civil action against the owner of the property and any other interested parties, including any transferor that the State wishes to make a party, together with sworn affidavits stating facts on which the allegations of default are based, as well as a detailed justification of the amount claimed.

      (b)      If the circuit court determines from the State's initial filing that there is probable cause to believe that a default has occurred, the court shall authorize a temporary lien on the property in the amount of the State's claim, plus any additional amount estimated to be necessary to cover the costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the State, or in such other amount as the court determines to be reasonable, pending full determination of the State's claim.

      (c)      (1)      The temporary lien shall take effect on the date of the court's authorization if the Secretary of the Board of Public Works records a notice of temporary lien in the land records of the county or Baltimore City in which the property is located within 10 days thereafter; otherwise, the temporary lien shall take effect on the date a notice of temporary lien is recorded.

            (2)      While the temporary lien is in effect, neither the owner nor any person who acquired an interest in the property after the State first made funds available in connection with the property under this program may take any action that would affect the title to the property or institute any proceedings to enforce a security interest or other similar rights in the property, without the prior written consent of the State.

      (d)      (1)      The owner of the property or any other interested party may obtain release of the temporary lien at any time by filing with the court a bond securing the payment in full of the State's claim and any additional amount necessary to cover the costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the State.

            (2)      The owner or other interested party may cause the release to be recorded in the land records.

      (e)      Proceedings to determine the State's right to recover and the amount of its recovery under this Program shall have priority over other civil proceedings in the circuit courts.

      (f)      At the conclusion of full adversary proceedings on the issue of default and on any disputes over the amount of the State's recovery, the circuit court shall, if it finds that a default has occurred, issue a final judgment for the amount it finds to be recoverable by the State. All parties involved in the default, including in every case the owner of the property, shall be held jointly and severally liable to the State for the amount of the judgment. This amount, if it remains unpaid after the expiration of 30 days following the court's final order, shall be a lien on the property, superior, except as the State may by written subordination agreement provide otherwise, to the lien or other interest of any mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, or judgment creditor whose interest became perfected against third persons after the State first made funds available in connection with the property under this Program.

      (g)      This lien takes effect on the 31st day following the court's final order if the Secretary of the Board of Public Works records a notice of lien in the land records of the county or Baltimore City in which the property is located on or before the 31st day following the final order; otherwise, the lien takes effect on the date a notice of lien is recorded. At the time the lien takes effect, any temporary lien then in effect shall be automatically and fully released, and the recorded notice of this lien shall constitute notice of the release of the temporary lien.

      (h)      This lien may be enforced and foreclosed in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the Maryland Rules, except that neither the State nor any agent appointed by the State to sell the property need file a bond.

      (i)      The owner or any other interested party may obtain release of this lien at any time by paying to the State the full amount of the judgment rendered by the circuit court, together with interest from the date of judgment. On payment in full, the Secretary of the Board of Public Works shall cause a release to be recorded in the land records.

      (j)      If the circuit court finds that there has been no default or if the full amount of the court's judgment is paid to the State within 30 days after the court's final order, any temporary lien then in effect shall be released immediately and the Secretary of the Board of Public Works shall cause the release to be recorded in the land records.

      (k)      All funds recovered as a result of this right of recovery shall be deposited in the Annuity Bond Fund and applied to the debt service requirements of the State.

      (l)      The Board of Public Works may waive the State's right of recovery if the Board determines that there is good cause for releasing the transferor, transferee, or owner from this obligation.