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Dear Mayor Brown:

You requested an opinion of this office on whether the Town of Saint Joseph ("Town") may file a lien and privilege against a dilapidated building owned by the Tensas Parish School Board ("School Board"), for the cost of demolishing or removing the building pursuant to the Town's ordinance ("Ordinance"). The building regulations in the Ordinance call for the demolition of dangerous buildings by the Town after notice to the building owner, a hearing (except in an emergency), and an opportunity for the owner to comply with the mayor's order of demolition or removal; to recoup…