§ 5406. Method and payment of assessment
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5406
§ 5406. Method and payment of assessment
(3) In the case of improvements by an assessment upon the several properties in the district abutting the improvements or benefiting from the services, or, where more than one type of improvement or service is involved, designated types, by the front-foot method, with equitable adjustments for corner properties and other cases provided for in the assessment ordinance. Any property which cannot be equitably assessed by the front-foot method may be assessed by the method provided in paragraph (2).
(b) Payment.--The governing body may by ordinance authorize the payment of the assessment in equal annual or more frequent installments over such time and bearing interest at the rate specified in the ordinance. If bonds have been issued and sold, or notes or guarantees have been given or issued, to provide for the cost of the services and improvements, the assessment in equal installments shall not be payable beyond the term for which the bonds, notes or guarantees are payable.
(c) Claims to secure assessments.--Claims to secure the assessments shall be entered in the prothonotary's office at the time and in the form and shall be collected in the manner that municipal claims are filed and collected. If installment payments are authorized pursuant to subsection (b), the ordinance may contain any or all of the following provisions:
(2) In the case of default in the payment of any installment and interest for a period of 90 days after the payment becomes due, the assessment ordinance may provide either for the entire assessment, with accrued interest and penalties to become due and become a lien from the due date of the installment, or may provide solely for the enforcement of the claim as to the overdue installment, with interest and penalties, in which case the ordinance shall further provide that, if any installment or portion thereof remains due and unpaid for one year after it has become due and payable, then the entire assessment with accrued interest and penalties shall become due and become a lien from the due date of the installment.
(d) Payment in full.--Any owner of property against whom an assessment has been made may pay the assessment in full, at any time, with accrued interest and costs thereon, and such a payment shall discharge the lien of the assessment, or installments then constituting a lien, and shall also release the claim to any later installments.
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1996, Dec. 19, P.L. 1158, No. 177, § 1, effective in 60 days.
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5406, PA ST 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5406
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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