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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

Bills are due on presentation and become delinquent if the District office has not received payment by the 25th day after presentation. This is the published ordinary delinquency threshold; the bill and District notice govern the specific account timeline.

Late-fee calculation

A late charge of 7% of the unpaid balance is applied as of the due date under the current bill-back terms. A $150.00 flow-restriction delinquent charge is added when water flow is restricted for past-due charges. A $50.00 returned-payment charge applies to returned payments, and a $50.00 door-tag charge applies to any door tag issued. Card/e-check processing fees are separate third-party charges.

Disconnection timeline

The current District bill terms state that after a past-due account, water flow may be restricted for nonpayment and a $150 flow-restriction charge assessed; restoration requires the total balance and that charge. Payments received after office hours, on weekends, or holidays are not restored until office hours. The exact warning-date sequence is governed by the District's adopted rules and the account's door tag or notice.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The District's bill terms identify a $50 door-tag charge for a door tag issued in connection with delinquency. The adopted rules provide for written or emailed notices, mailed notices to the last known address, and telephone or messenger notification when conditions warrant or in emergencies. Customers should maintain current contact details, read any door tag immediately, and contact the District before restriction for medical, hardship, tenant, or payment-arrangement issues.

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

To restore flow after a nonpayment restriction, the customer must pay the full outstanding balance and the $150.00 flow-restriction delinquent charge. Restoration is not made after office hours; payment after hours, on weekends, or holidays is processed for restriction removal during the next office period, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. No separate after-hours dollar fee was published in the reviewed materials.

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 La Habra Heights County Water District 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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