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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

25 days from the bill date; payment must be received by 2:00 p.m. on the 25th day to avoid past-due status. The account is disconnected on the 45th day from the bill date.

Late-fee calculation

A utility late fee of 1.5% is charged on all unpaid balances, including new payment arrangements. A returned check carries a $25 NSF fee; the City sends a letter giving seven business days to arrange repayment, after which the account may enter cutoff status and incur a $50 administrative fee.

Disconnection timeline

Bills are due upon receipt and become past due after 2:00 p.m. on day 25. A past-due account is disconnected on day 45 from the bill date. The FY26 schedule lists a $50 non-payment administration fee during Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and $100 after 4:00 p.m., weekends, or holidays; accounts placed on the cutoff list incur the fee even if disconnection has not yet occurred.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City publishes the day-25 past-due and day-45 cutoff rules and advises customers to contact Customer Care before disconnection for payment arrangements. Partial payments are applied in a stated order beginning with stormwater and commercial waste, then sewer, water, and electricity, leaving remaining past-due services exposed to cutoff. The reviewed pages do not document a separate automated-call/text or door-hanger cadence.

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

Non-payment administration fee is $50 during business hours and $100 after 4:00 p.m., weekends, and holidays. Same-day residential connection/transfer is free Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and $100 from 3:01-5:00 p.m.; no regular connection is offered after hours, weekends, or holidays. Disconnection for nonpayment also requires the applicable deposit schedule.

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 Concord Customer Care - Water and Sewer Utilities 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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