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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353918</law_id><section_number>21-184</section_number><catch_line>Effect of failure to pay</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Fees, Rents and Charges</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In the event that the fees, rents or charges charged by the commission for the use and services of the <span class="dictionary">sewage disposal system</span> by or in connection with any real estate shall not be paid as and when due, then and at that time interest shall begin to accrue thereon at the rate of one per centum per month and the owner, lessee or tenant, as the case may be of such real estate shall, until such fees, rents and charges shall be paid with such interest to the date of payment, cease to dispose of sewage or industrial waste originating from or on such real estate by discharge thereof directly or indirectly into the <span class="dictionary">sewage disposal system</span>, and if such owner, lessee or tenant shall not cease such disposal within two months thereafter, it shall be the duty of each <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city, <span class="dictionary">town</span> and other public corporation, board or body supplying water to or selling water for use on, such real estate, within five days after receipt of notice of such <span class="dictionary">facts</span> from the commission, to cease supplying water to, and selling water for use on, such real estate. If such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city, <span class="dictionary">town</span> or other public corporation, board or body shall not within such time cease supplying water to, and selling water for use on, such real estate, the commission may shut off the supply of water to such real estate and for such purpose, may enter on any lands, waters and premises of such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city, <span class="dictionary">town</span> or other public corporation, board, or body, or of any <span class="dictionary">person</span>. The water supply to or for any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, or for use on real estate of any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, shall not be shut off or stopped under the provisions of this section, if the State Health Commissioner, upon application of the local board of health or health officer of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span> wherein such water is supplied or such real estate is located, shall have found and shall certify to the authorities charged with the responsibility of ceasing to supply or sell such water, or to shut off the supply of such water, that ceasing to supply or shutting off such water supply will endanger the health of such <span class="dictionary">person</span> and the health of others in such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>.</p></section></text><history>1938, p. 518; 1940, p. 623; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 1560nn.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
