46 CFR § 401.427 - Charge on past due accounts.

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title: "46 CFR § 401.427 - Charge on past due accounts."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "401.427"
section_name: "Charge on past due accounts."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD (GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE), DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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part_name: "GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE REGULATIONS"
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# 401.427 Charge on past due accounts.

A charge of two percent (2%) per month must be paid on the opening monthly balance on accounts remaining unpaid over thirty (30) days after the billing date.

[CGD 79-138, 45 FR 13078, Feb. 28, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG-2022-0025, 89 FR 76352, Sept. 17, 2024]