14.50.090 Collection and enforcement.

(1)    Billing, collection and enforcement of delinquent C-PACER liens or C-PACER financing installment payments, including foreclosure, shall remain the responsibility of the capital provider.

(2)    The assessment and C-PACER lien shall be assigned by the county to the capital provider at the close of any approved C-PACER financing as provided in RCW 36.165.050(3). The C-PACER lien, as assigned to the capital provider, shall maintain the precedence and priority and characteristics set forth in CCC 14.50.060. Pursuant to the assessment agreement, the C-PACER lien shall be solely enforced by the capital provider at any time after one year from the date of delinquency, and may be foreclosed in the same manner as a mortgage lien under Chapter 61.12 RCW, except that no sale of the property shall discharge or in any manner affect the priority of the C-PACER lien with respect to installments not yet due and payable at the time of sale, and no deficiency judgment may be sought by the capital provider with respect to any unpaid assessment at the time of sale. The participation of the county sheriff in any such foreclosure action shall not be deemed in violation of, or inconsistent with, RCW 36.165.110, limiting the role of the county in the enforcement of a C-PACER lien.

(3)    The capital provider may also pursue any other enforcement method authorized under Chapter 36.165 RCW, as adopted on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section or as hereinafter amended. (Sec. 1 of Ord. 2021-10-04; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2022-05-02)