(a) If the owner or operator of a junk yard does not screen the yard under AS 19.27.030, and the department has not determined that screening would be unfeasible, the department may screen the yard. The owner or operator shall reimburse the department for the costs of the labor and materials necessary for the screening. (b) The state has a lien for the costs referred to in (a) of this section on the junk and the land on which the junk yard is located, after recording a claim of lien in the office of the recorder for the district in which the property is located.
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