412.16. If the work is not completed within the time fixed, the council may cause it to be carried out and recover the costs thereof from the proprietor. The costs constitute a prior claim on the land where the immovable was situated, of the same nature and with the same rank as the claims described in paragraph 5 of article 2651 of the Civil Code of Québec; the costs are secured by a legal hypothec on the land.
1979, c. 48, s. 120; 1992, c. 57, s. 468; 1994, c. 30, s. 87.