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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

Water and sewer bills are due on the 15th. If the 15th is a weekend, Midlothian allows one extra working day without penalty. A late notice is issued on the 16th, and payment not received by 8:00 a.m. on the 26th is subject to service disconnection; if the 26th is a weekend, the next business day’s 8:00 a.m. cutoff applies.

Late-fee calculation

After the due date, the fee schedule applies $5 to past-due balances from $6.00 through $50.00 and 10% of the balance to past-due balances over $50.00. A $30 disconnect penalty is assessed when the account reaches the 26th cutoff, even if the physical shutoff has not yet occurred. Returned checks are charged $25 and require cash or money-order repayment after certified-letter notice.

Disconnection timeline

The published timeline is: bills mailed on the last working day; due on the 15th; late notice with a 10% penalty or applicable $5 fee on the 16th; $30 disconnect penalty and cutoff eligibility at 8:00 a.m. on the 26th; and physical service termination for unpaid accounts. A weekend on the 15th grants one extra working day, and a weekend on the 26th moves the cutoff to 8:00 a.m. on the next business day.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Midlothian mails late notices on the 16th with the applicable penalty and publishes the 26th 8:00 a.m. cutoff in its billing policies and new-customer packet. The City also supports email bill delivery and WaterSmart usage/leak alerts. No separate colored delinquency mailer, door hanger, automated call sequence, or SMS cutoff cadence is identified in the reviewed official material; the mailed late notice and account bill are the controlling warning documents.

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 fee schedule lists a $30 reconnect/disconnect fee during business hours and $50 to reconnect after business hours. The City’s billing page says the $30 disconnect penalty is due with the delinquent balance, while after-hours reconnection carries the $50 charge. The new-customer packet says accounts paid during the day are restored before personnel leave and payments after hours or in the drop box that evening are reconnected the following morning.

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 Midlothian Utility Billing Department 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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