On ........., 20.., the water lien mortgage will be foreclosed and your right to redeem the mortgage and recover your property by paying the charges and interest of the (insert name of water utility) that are owed will expire.

IF THE LIEN FORECLOSES,

THE (insert name of water utility) WILL OWN

YOUR PROPERTY, SUBJECT ONLY TO

SANITARY DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL TAX LIENS.

If you cannot pay the outstanding charges, costs and interest that are the subject of this notice or the subject of installment payment arrangements that you have made with the (insert name of water utility), please contact me immediately to discuss this notice.

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(insert name of water utility) Treasurer

Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §6414-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 147, §4, is amended to read:

§6414-A. Water utilities; rate collection and liens

All persons, firms and corporations, whether public, private or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of any water district the rates established pursuant to chapter 61 for the water service used with respect to their real estate.

There is a lien on real estate served by a water district to secure the payment of unpaid rates. The method for obtaining, enforcing and receiving payment on the lien must be in the same manner and has the same effect and creates the same rights as provided in Title 38, section 1208, pertaining to the collection of unpaid rates by a sanitary district, except that the sanitary district lien created under Title 38, section 1208 continues with priority over the district's water utility lien created under this section and the notice of impending automatic foreclosure must be substantially in the following form:

STATE OF MAINE

......... WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE OF IMPENDING AUTOMATIC FORECLOSURE

WATER LIEN

Title 35-A M.R.S.A., section 6414-A

IMPORTANT: DO NOT DISREGARD THIS NOTICE

YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PROPERTY UNLESS