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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

Five days after the last-business-day due date; payments received after that grace period incur a $5 late fee.

Late-fee calculation

The current billing page states that payments received after the five-day grace period are assessed a $5 late fee. Past-due amounts and additional service charges are due immediately; water is lienable under Colorado law and nonpayment can result in a property lien.

Disconnection timeline

Bills are due on the last business day of the month. Late notices are mailed mid-month, and any past-due balance plus service fees is due immediately to avoid disconnection. After full payment is received in the office, reconnection is scheduled by the end of the next business day; the public page does not specify a single fixed day count from notice to shutoff.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Castle Rock mails late-payment notices mid-month and typically sends a courtesy delinquent notice by email when an email address is available. A mailed Notice of Intent to Disconnect Water may follow; past-due balances and service fees should be paid immediately rather than waiting for the next statement.

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 current billing page requires all past-due charges and service fees to be paid in full and schedules reconnection by the end of the next business day after payment is received in the office, but it does not expose the 2026 dollar amount for the disconnection/reconnection service fee or an after-hours premium.

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 CASTLE ROCK TOWN OF 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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