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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by HWR_14 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:36AM (#34061973)
The town was paying for a fire department anyway. The additional fee was for people outside the town.

Meanwhile, governments have excellent was of collecting on low-four figure debts secured by real estate.

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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by fatbird on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:56PM (#34086909)
The problem is that the municipality is a subordinate gov't within the county. They have no leverage over people outside the municipality, and basically had to have a court fight for every uncollected fee/fine, which rapidly ate all the money that could be collected... if the person living almost tax free on unincorporated land in a mobile home had the money to be collected.
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