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The Board of Directors shall also fix the due date of any special assessment to be levied against each Lot in any assessment year. The Board shall send written notice of such special assessments and the due dates thereof to every Owner subject thereto within thirty (30) days after the Owners have approved such special assessment pursuant to Section 5 of this Article v. The Association shall, upon demand and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of issuance. Section 11. Effect of Non-Pavment of Assessment. If the assessments are not paid on the date when due, then such assessments shall become delinquent and shall, together with interest thereon, all reasonable attorney's fees incurred, and costs of collection thereof hereinafter provided, become a continuing lien on the Lot. Said lien on the Lot may be enforced and foreclosed by action at law in the same manner as a mortgage. I f the assessment is not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date, the assessment shall bear interest at the highest rate permitted by the Minnesota Law for mortgages on a single family Residential property in force on the due date of the assessment fTom the due date, and the Association may bring an action at law or a suit in equity against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same, or may foreclose the lien against the Lot pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 580 and 581. There shall also be added to the amount of such assessment the cost of preparing and filing the complaint in such action, and in the event that judgment is obtained, such judgment shall include interest on the assessment as above provided, and reasonable attorney's fees to be fixed by the Court, together with other costs of the action. Fees, charges, late charges, fines and interest may be assessed as provided in Section 515B.3- 116(a) of the Act. No Owner may waive or otherwise avoid liability for the assessments provided for herein by abandonment of his or her Lot. Section 12. Subordination of Lien to First Morh!ae:e. The lien of the assessments provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien held by any First Mortgagee now or hereafter placed upon a Lot subject to assessments; provided, however, that such subordination shall apply only to the assessments which have become due and payable prior to the sale or transfer of a Lot and the expiration of the period of redemption from a mortgage foreclosure sale or conveyance by deed in lieu of foreclosure. The purchaser at a foreclosure sale of a first mortgage shall, upon expiration of the period of redemption, hold title to the Lot fTee and clear of any existing lien for such assessments unless such purchaser specifically assumes such assessments. Such sale or transfer shall not release a Lot from the lien of any assessments which thereafter become due. Section 13. Jude:ment. Assessments levied under Section 515B.3-116 of the Act to pay a judgment against the Association may be levied only against the Lots existing at the time the judgment was entered, in proportion to their Common Expense liabilities. 8