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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

No additional guaranteed grace period is published after the due date. The online payment page says payment must be processed by 5:00 p.m. on the due date; the city’s SB 998 information document describes the normal bill as due around day 30 after mailing, with the 5% late fee assessed after 5:00 p.m. that day.

Late-fee calculation

A 5% penalty is assessed to the account when payment has not been processed by 5:00 p.m. on the printed due date. The city’s SB 998 document distinguishes this late penalty from the former $15 delinquency-processing fee: effective under the published policy, the former fee was replaced by a reconnection charge after service is restored. Any returned-payment or other account charges should be confirmed with Customer Service because the reviewed public payment page does not publish a full current fee table.

Disconnection timeline

The city’s published SB 998 timeline shows a bill mailed on day 1, a bill due with the 5% late fee at 5:00 p.m. on approximately day 30, a past-due notice on approximately day 77, and service disconnection on approximately day 92—at least 60 days of nonpayment and approximately 14 days after the final shut-off notice. The exact calendar dates depend on the bill’s mailing and due dates, and statutory protections or an approved payment arrangement can prevent discontinuation.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

La Verne says it will not disconnect residential water for nonpayment without the SB 998 notice and opportunity process. Its current page provides a Water Service Discontinuation Policy, past-due/shut-off forms, final door-tag materials, and notice-of-discontinued-service documents in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The city’s English information sheet states that a final shut-off notice is mailed 14 days before disconnection and that delinquent accounts no longer receive the former routine door-tag sequence. Customers may call Customer Service, request payment arrangements or hardship review, and submit a formal bill dispute; the dispute page says service will not be disconnected during the review and allows up to 10 days for an email response.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

The published SB 998 information sheet lists a $25 reconnection fee when service is restored during regular business hours and $50 during non-regular hours. Restoration also requires payment of the outstanding water charges and applicable fees, and the resident guide warns that a security deposit may be required. The city does not publish a separate after-hours response window beyond the regular-hours versus non-regular-hours fee distinction; customers should call 909-596-8744 promptly after payment or a shutoff notice.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of La Verne Municipal Services / Water Division should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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