Is it legal to only accept pre-authorized or second-party payments?
January 28, 2015 7:14 PM   Subscribe

Are there any laws or regulations in Alberta, Canada, that would supersede a county-imposed pre-authorized-only payment scheme?

My county recently passed some inanity requiring people to either sign up for either a) monthly pre-authorized payments, b) two pre-authorized payments per year, or c) have their mortgage-holder include property taxes in the mortgage payments. Apparently this is a reaction to some people being complete deadbeats. I, however, am not.

Even if your account is in good standing and you have zero history of being in arrears, you are not able to personally pay a one-time, lump sum, paid-in-full amount when your notice of assessment comes out, if that is your prerogative.

I realize that, at the end of the day, the same amount of money is coming out of my bank account. This is more a matter of principle and Old Man Indignation.
posted by CKmtl to Law & Government
 
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