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library
information:  overdue
library materials
Overdue Library Materials
A notice will be sent reminding you to
return library materials when they have been overdue for two weeks.
If the materials are not returned after six weeks, the patron is
billed for the full cost of the item, plus a processing fee.
If the item
has been lost or damaged, you will be charged the cost of the item
plus a processing fee. If the item isn't owned by Evergreen Park
Library, the owning library or system sets the amount charged for
lost or damaged materials.
Evergreen Park
Public Library will not check out materials or renew a card for
any patron that has overdue materials, unpaid fines, or charges
for overdue, lost or damaged materials that amount to $1.00 or more.
Materials that are five months or more overdue
will be accepted as returned at the discretion of the Evergreen
Park Public Library, with payment of the appropriate fine amount.
If the library chooses not to accept the materials after five months
or more overdue, the patron will be charged the price of the materials
plus a processing fee of $6.00. The materials become the property
of the patron.
Only one bill
will be sent. If payment in full has not been received within 30
days from the date of the bill, the account will be forwarded to
a collection agency. All collection agency fees incurred by the
library will be passed on to the patron.
A patron will be reimbursed for a lost
and paid item if the item is presented within thirty days along
with the receipt of payment.
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