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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 reviewed current payment page warns about cutoff and after-2:00 p.m. posting but does not publish a universal grace-period day count.

Late-fee calculation

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed current public billing pages do not state the exact late percentage or fixed penalty. Returned items and delinquency can cause cutoff, and customers remain responsible for notifying Collections when an online payment is made after a cutoff is scheduled.

Disconnection timeline

The reviewed current pages do not publish a universal bill-date-to-shutoff calendar. Internet payments made after a nonpayment or returned-item cutoff has been scheduled do not automatically stop the process; the customer must call 334-615-4100 option 3. City ordinance materials describe service disconnection after delinquency and restrictions on after-hours reconnection.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The reviewed public payment pages do not specify the number of mailed notices, calls, texts or door hangers before cutoff. Dothan offers an extension request and fee-waiver workflow; customers should request an extension before the account is scheduled for disconnection and then confirm payment with Collections.

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

Connection/service fees are $25 during normal hours, $35 for same-day service requested after noon or weekday after-hours processing, and $70 for weekends/holidays under the published connection schedule; no service is provided after 9 p.m. A service call caused by a midnight disconnection can carry a $65 after-hours fee. The exact delinquency-reconnect charge depends on the account and reason for cutoff.

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 Dothan Utilities - Water and Wastewater 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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