In the event that water service charges, including any penalty then due, are not paid within 30 days after the date of billing, such charges and penalties shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent, and thereafter the village may file suit against the delinquent owner or owners to recover the unpaid user service charges as well as any and all court costs and attorney fees incurred by the village in filing such civil suit. The village shall also file a statement of lien claim with the County Recorder of Deeds. This statement of lien claim shall include the legal description of the property to which water service was provided, the amount of the unpaid water user service charges, all recording charges and penalties. The village shall cause notice of its claim for lien to be sent to the occupant of the subject premises, if known, and to the owner's last known address or the owner's designee. The failure of the village to record the lien with the County Recorder of Deeds, or to mail the notice of delinquency and lien to the owner, the owner's designee, user or occupant of the property shall not in any way diminish the village's right to collect and/or lien the property at any point prior to the balance of the account being paid in full.
(Ord. 04-O-06, passed 5-27-2004; Ord. 18-O-22, passed 7-17-2018)