For those properties in Maryland and the District of Columbia, the water/sewer account is able to assess a lien against the real property for non-payment. Therefore, Brennan Title Company will hold an escrow, typically $300, for payment of the final water bill. Once the final bill is received, Brennan Title Company will pay that bill with the escrowed funds and refund any remaining escrow to the seller.
In Maryland, the seller or listing agent must call in a final water reading to the appropriate water company and ask that the final bill be sent to Brennan Title Company for payment.
In the District of Columbia, Brennan Title Company submits a request for a final water bill on the day of closing via fax and/or e-mail to DC Water.
No other utilities are lienable, and therefore, Brennan Title does not pay or hold funds to pay any other utility, and is not involved in the transfer of these accounts from the seller to the buyer.
For your information purposes and to assist you in transferring account billing from the seller to the buyer, below is a list of some common utility companies:
- Anne Arundel Co.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric
410-685-0123
- AA County Water & Sewer
410-222-7500
- Demographic Planning
410-222-5294
- Assessments
410-222-1590
- Carroll Co.
- Water
410-386-2000
- Water (Town of Hampstead)
410-374-2761
- Tax Collection
410-386-2971
- Howard Co.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric
410-685-0123
- Utilities
410-313-4900
- Well & Septic
410-313-2058
- Board of Education
410-313-6600
- Tax Information
301-952-6000
- Prince George's Co.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric
800-699-0123
- Washington Gas
703-750-1000
- PEPCO
202-833-7500
- WSSC
301-206-4001
- Board of Education
301-952-6000
- Baltimore City & Co.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric
410-224-3000
- Bureau of Water
410-396-5398
- Board of Education 410-887-4126
- Taxes (City)
410-333-3762
- Taxes (county)
410-887-2650
- Frederick Co.
- Frederick Gas
301-662-2151
- Potomac Edison
301-654-3317
- Water Department
301-694-1179
- Board of Education
301-694-1000
- Tax Information
301-694-1960
- Montgomery Co.
- Washington Gas
703-750-1000
- PEPCO (Electricity)
202-833-7500
- WSSC (water)
301-206-4001
- Rockville Water
301-309-3370
- Board of Education
301-279-3000
- Revenue (Taxes)
301-217-1070
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington Gas
703-750-1000
- PEPCO
202-833-7500
- DC Water
202-442-8000
- Board of Education
202-724-4289
- Tax Information
202-727-4tax