§ 16-605. Hospital lien docket

   (a) Information in docket. -- The clerk of the circuit court shall provide a hospital lien docket. On the filing of a notice of lien under the provisions of this subtitle, the clerk shall enter in the hospital lien docket:

   (1) The name of the injured patient;

   (2) The name of the person alleged to be liable for the patient's injuries;

   (3) The date of the accident; and

   (4) The name of the hospital making the claim.

(b) Index. -- The clerk shall index the hospital lien under the name of the injured patient.

(c) Release of lien. -- On presentation of a release of a lien, the clerk shall note in the docket the date when the release was filed and shall note on the release that it was recorded. A release bearing a note that it was recorded or a notation in the docket showing the release constitutes prima facie evidence of the release of the lien.

(d) Fees for recording. -- The clerk shall collect not more than $ 2 for the filing, recording, and indexing of each lien. He also shall collect not more than $ 2 for filing a release of the lien and for noting the filing of the release in the docket and on the release.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 63, § 50; 1975, ch. 49, § 3.