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17980.4
. (a) Whenever the enforcement agency sues for the expenses
involved in the execution of any order, it may join in the same suit
and claim any civil remedy for the violation of any provisions of
this chapter. Joint or several judgments may be had against one or
more of the defendants in the suit, as they or any of them may be
liable in respect of all or any of these claims. The expenses of
executing the order, and any judgment in any abatement suit provided
for in this chapter, and the several judgments that may be recovered
for any of these expenses and judgments, until the same are paid or
discharged, shall be a lien like other judgments, pursuant to Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 697.010) of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part
2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) Nothing in this section or in Sections 17980.1 to 17980.3,
inclusive, shall be deemed to relieve the owner of any civil or
criminal liability incurred or any duty imposed by reason of acts or
omissions of the owner prior to the appointment of any receiver, nor
shall anything contained to those sections be construed to suspend
during the receivership any obligation of the owner for the payment
of taxes or operating and maintenance expenses of the dwelling or any
obligation of the owner or any other person for the payment of
mortgages or liens. The remedies pursuant to this section or Sections
17980.1 to 17980.3, inclusive, shall be in addition to any other
remedies provided by law.