2006 Utah Code - 17B-2-805 — Notice.

     17B-2-805.   Notice.
     (1) Each notice under Subsection 17B-2-804(1)(b) shall:
     (a) be in writing;
     (b) be mailed to the customer by the United States mail, postage prepaid;
     (c) notify the customer that:
     (i) if the past due service fees are not paid within 15 days after the day on which the local district mailed notice, the customer is liable for the past due service fees and collection costs; and
     (ii) the local district may file civil action if the customer does not pay to the local district the past due service fees and collection costs within 30 calendar days from the day on which the local district mailed notice; and
     (d) be in substantially the following form:
     Date:_____________________________________
     To: ______________________________________
     Service address: ____________________________
     Account or invoice number(s): _________________
     Date(s) of service: ___________________________
     Amount past due: ____________________________
     You are hereby notified that water or sewer service fees (or both) owed by you are in default. In accordance with Section 17B-2-804, Utah Code Annotated, if you do not pay the past due amount within 15 days from the day on which this notice was mailed to you, you are liable for the past due amount together with collection costs of $20.
     You are further notified that if you do not pay the past due amount and the $20 collection costs within 30 calendar days from the day on which this notice was mailed to you, an appropriate civil legal action may be filed against you for the past due amount, interest, court costs, attorney's fees, and damages in an amount equal to the greater of $100 or triple the past due amounts, but the combined total of all these amounts may not exceed $200 if your property is residential.
     (Signed) _______________________________________
     Name of local district _____________________________
     Address of local district ___________________________
     Telephone number of local district ___________________
     (2) Written notice under this section is conclusively presumed to have been given if the notice is:
     (a) properly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; and
     (b) addressed to the customer at the customer's:
     (i) address as it appears in the records of the local district; or
     (ii) last known address.

Enacted by Chapter 316, 2004 General Session