Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6710 – Penalties for failure to pay charges
(a) In the event that a service charge with regard to any parcel of real property is not paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the County on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1 percent per month until the service charge, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the County.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6710
- County: means Sussex County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6701
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Service charges: means rents, rates, fees or other charges charged or collected under § 6709 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6701
- Water system: means all real and personal property necessary or useful in the collection, acquisition, treatment, purification, and distribution of water, together with any principal or ancillary rights appurtenant thereto. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6701
(b) In the event that any service charge with respect to any parcel of real property is not paid as and when due, the county government may, in its discretion, enter upon such parcel and cause the connection thereof leading directly or indirectly to the sewerage or water system to be cut and shut off until the service charge and any subsequent service charges with regard to such parcel and all interest accrued thereon are fully paid.
9 Del. C. 1953, § ?6710; 55 Del. Laws, c. 263; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § ?10A;