Late Payment Procedures
Homeowner assessments are invoiced 2 times per year (normally in May and November).
The payment is due on or before the first day of each semi-annual period. (June 1 and December 1). Checks are credited the day they are received.
The account is considered past due if not paid by the 15th day of the first month of the semi-annual period.
The first late notice will be sent via regular mail, on the 16th day of the first month stating a $20.00 (or the present amount) late charge has been applied to the account. The account is also past due.
If the dues amount and the late fee payment is not received by Hawthorne Management, by the 15th day of the second month of the semi-annual period, a second late notice is sent via regular mail, is sent out stating a second late charge has been applied to the account.
If payment is not made by the 15th day of the third month of the semi-annual period, the homeowner is sent a Final Note of Delinquency by registered mail and given 10 days past the date of the letter, to pay the account in full.
If payment is not received in 10 days, the Association’s attorney is notified to file a lien against the property. The costs for this process will be added to the homeowners past due amount.
All payments on accounts are applied first to the cost of collection (including attorney fees), then to fines, and then to the assessment dues and late fees, as provided by the Wynfield Forest Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions and the North Carolina Statutes.
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