Any person failing to pay, pursuant to an ordinance, any account due a locality on or before its due date, other than taxes which are provided for in Title 58.1, may, at the option of the locality, incur a penalty thereon of ten dollars or an amount not exceeding ten percent. The penalty shall be added to the amount of the account due from such person. No penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay any account if such failure was not in any way the fault of the debtor.
Interest at the rate of ten percent annually from the first day following the day such account is due may be collected upon the principal and penalty of all such accounts.
1984, c. 520, § 15.1-37.3:6; 1985, c. 342; 1989, c. 366; 1992, c. 229; 1997, cc. 587, 700.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15.2-100. Charter powers not affected by title
§ 15.2-103. Name "Mount Vernon" reserved
§ 15.2-104. Liens against real estate
§ 15.2-105. Penalty and interest for failure to pay accounts when due
§ 15.2-106. Ordinances providing fee for passing bad checks to localities
§ 15.2-107. Advertisement and enactment of certain fees and levies
§ 15.2-107.1. Advertisement of legal notices on web sites
§ 15.2-107.2. Alternative method for local government to give notice by mail
§ 15.2-108.1. Local fees charged to places of worship
§ 15.2-109. Regulations on political campaign signs
§ 15.2-110. Authority to require approval by common interest community association