Water bill liens

[Bienes Raices]

I found out that unpaid water bills in my county are lienable.

To prevent something like this from ever happening, would it be a better strategy to: 1) have tenant put water in their name, check monthly whether the account is current 2) just keep the water in my name, bill the tenant monthly for it and have something in the lease about not paying the water bill is grounds for eviction?

Thanks.

[Jon Holdman]

The first method doesn't work worth a dang. They go away and leave you holding the bag for the last month or two's bill. I've switched to paying the bill myself and having them pay me. We'll see how that works.