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I was late paying the sewerage bill to the tune of two weeks. The bill was $73.15. I got a letter in the mail right after I had sent the payment out that was very threatening. It said that a lien was going to be put on my house, and that our property was going to be put on a list of properties that would be sold by the tax assessors office come December 21st. I sent a rather harsh letter to the Sewerage authority and sent a complaint to the Mayor(running for re-election by the way). We got a phone call from the supervisor as soon as they opened to assure us that they weren’t going to sell our property for a $73.15 bill. My husband reiterated that it said in the letter that it was going to be sold. That is when he transferred my husband to an idiot that said that we were consistently late for years ( I would pay a week to two weeks late), so basically, if you irritate some moron in the sewerage authority enough by paying too late for their liking, they will terrorize you by threatening to sell your house to satisfy a $73.15 bill. This is how people lose their properties in this country! Over stupid things like this, backed up by ridiculous laws! God help all of us!
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I swear i would rather vote for some one who believes in anarchy than to vote any more on what we have.
the above summons was prolly enuff to get a bench warrant for failure to appear and/or pay, and im cant recall if they considered the non-payment to a private garbage company to be a 'tax/lien' offense or not, but it would simply carry the death penalty if i refused to 'comply' so its disgusting either way...
What state did this happen?
Thats where the county sheriff comes in handy.
A lot of times the sheriff can stop these proceedings. They can hold up mortage sales.
People dont know what power the sheriff has. It is a lot of power.
Next time you get a bill from them - pay a penny over (drives them nuts:>)