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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

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The rate ordinance applies late penalties after the due date but does not publish a general numeric grace period.

Late-fee calculation

The district’s published rate ordinance states a 10% late penalty on the unpaid balance after the due date, except customers age 60 and older who have notified the district have 25 days to pay without penalty. The ordinance also lists a $35 insufficient-check charge and a $35 reconnect fee.

Disconnection timeline

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. Crosby’s reviewed ordinance establishes late penalties and reconnection obligations but does not publish a complete day-by-day calendar from missed due date through physical termination.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed district pages and ordinance do not specify a fixed number of notices, colored paper, automated calls, texts, or door hangers before shutoff.

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

$35 reconnect fee after nonpayment under the published rate ordinance. A separate regular-hours versus after-hours amount is not stated.

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 Crosby Municipal Utility 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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