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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

The bill is due 25 days after the bill date. The City does not publish an additional grace period after the due date; the 10% late charge applies when payment is not received by the due date.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% late charge is applied to unpaid current charges after the due date. A separate $25 cutoff service fee applies to an account with a balance unpaid on cutoff day, and returned payments incur a $30 fee. The current FY2026 schedule and service-fee page should be used for the final account-specific calculation.

Disconnection timeline

Denison’s public service-fee page defines the due date as 25 days after billing and imposes a $25 cutoff fee on cutoff day, but it does not publish a fixed number of days between the due date and field disconnection. The utility service process states that balances and required fees must be paid before service is restored after nonpayment; customers should contact Utilities Customer Service at 903-465-2720 option 1 before cutoff.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The reviewed current pages publish the due-date rule and cutoff charge but do not describe a specific mailed warning letter, door hanger, automated call sequence, or SMS cutoff notice. The City’s general Denison Alerts system can send water notifications, and the new-service form allows text notifications, but no evidence was found that either channel is the legal delinquency notice.

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

The FY2026 service-fee schedule lists a $25 reconnect fee before 3:00 p.m. during business hours and $75 after 3:00 p.m. It also lists a $50 holidays/weekends service fee. These charges are in addition to the past-due balance, late charge, and cutoff fee required to restore service.

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 City of Denison Utilities Customer Service Division 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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