§ (19). Municipal liens.

(a) In general.

To establish a Bureau of Liens and to provide for the issuance of certificates stating what, if any, State and municipal taxes, charges and assessments exist against any particular property, all of which taxes, charges and assessments shall be liens against the property affected until paid, and to make a reasonable charge for furnishing each such certificate. No charge not shown on such certificate shall be a lien against the property mentioned therein. No statute of limitations shall run against charges listed on such certificate.

(b) Environmental citations.

Real property:

(1) may not be offered for sale in a Baltimore City tax sale solely for nonpayment of environmental citations issued under Article 1, Subtitle 40 of the Baltimore City Code if the total amount of unpaid environmental citations is less than $1,000; and

(2) may only be offered for sale in a Baltimore City tax sale solely for nonpayment of environmental citations issued under Article 1, Subtitle 40 of the Baltimore City Code after exhaustion of all administrative and judicial rights of appeal.