New Library Fine Policy Involves Collection Agency
If you owe $10 in fines to the Anne Arundel County Public Library system for more than 45 days, a collection agency will be contacting you.
Do you have outstanding library fines? You might want to pay them before a collection agency contacts you on behalf of the Anne Arundel County Public Library system. Borrowers currently owe about $750,000 in fines, according to Anne Arundel County library spokeswoman Laurie Hayes. Look under your kids' beds, check the back of the van or behind the couch and gather all your library materials because if you owe more than $10 in fines—they will make you pay. County libraries are instituting a new system for dealing with fines starting July 18. If your account balance is $10 or more, you will be referred to Unique Management Services Inc. to collect on the debt. According to the new policy, there will also be other consequences for owing fines…
Susan Moran
2:07 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
That's a very nice attitude you have, Mr. Dustin Winston. Instead of thinking of ways to avoid the fines, such as returning your items on time so that other library patrons may avail of them, you choose instead to shun the library. Well I hope you can buy all the books, newspapers and magaznines you want to read; all the DVD's you want to watch. I hope that if you are able to find all the … more ›