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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

30 days is the published normal payment period on the district billing-policy materials; service cannot be discontinued for nonpayment until charges have been delinquent at least 60 calendar days.

Late-fee calculation

The reviewed termination policy emphasizes delinquency notices and payment arrangements rather than a universal percentage late fee. Customers may request alternative, deferred, reduced, or written amortization arrangements; an amortization plan may extend up to 12 months from the original due date and requires the first amortized payment when made.

Disconnection timeline

The district does not discontinue for nonpayment until the balance has been delinquent at least 60 calendar days. Marin Water makes a reasonable good-faith effort to contact the customer by automated call and written notice; a final notice must be delivered to the service address at least five business days before discontinuation. A customer may appeal before the termination date.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Courtesy collection can include an automated phone call to the billing telephone number and a written notice mailed to the account address. The final termination notice is delivered to the service address no less than five business days before shutoff. Customers may designate a third-party contact and may request a payment arrangement to avoid termination.

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 resume service after nonpayment, the customer must pay both a turn-off fee and a turn-on fee: $50 during normal business hours and $100 outside normal business hours. The district attempts restoration as soon as practicable and at minimum by the end of the next business day after receiving all past-due amounts and fees; non-personal payments may take three to five business days to process.

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 Marin Municipal Water District (Marin Water) 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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