§ 20.04.135. Foreclosure of delinquent assessments.
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When any local improvement district or utility local improvement district assessment
is payable in installments, upon failure to pay any installment due, the assessment
shall become immediately due and payable, and the collection thereof shall be enforced
by foreclosure. The payment of all delinquent installments, together with interest,
penalty and costs, at any time before the entry of judgment in foreclosure shall extend
the time of payment on the remainder of the assessment installments as if there had
been no delinquency or foreclosure. Foreclosure proceedings may be commenced at any
time on or before September 15 of the year in which, on the first day of January of
such year, two (2) installments of any local improvement district or utility local
improvement district assessment were delinquent or the final installment was delinquent
for more than one (1) year. In case of foreclosure, there shall be added to the costs
and expenses provided by Chapter 35.50 RCW, such reasonable attorneys' fees as the
court may adjudge to be equitable, and the amount thereof shall be apportioned to
each delinquent assessment or installment appearing on that roll. When one (1) or
more delinquent installments are paid before the foreclosure proceedings are completed,
payment of such costs shall be a prerequisite to the city's dismissal of such proceedings
unless otherwise ordered by the court.