Interest on late payments, penalty.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-421
in effectSec. 2-421. - Interest on late payments, penalty.
(a) In any case in which a store fails to file a timely return or pay over the fee within the time required by this article, but without the intent to defraud, there shall be added as a penalty fifteen (15) percent of the total amount of the deficiency, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and interest in such cases shall be collected at the rate of one (1) percent each month, or fraction thereof, on the amount due on the deficiency from the time the return was due to the date the fee is paid, which interest and addition shall become due and payable within thirty (30) days after the written notice and demand by the executive director, and such interest shall be assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as the fee itself.
(b) Payments of part but less than all of a deficiency, including interest, or interest and penalty, shall be first applied to penalty, if any, secondly to accrued interest and, lastly, to the fee itself.
(Ord. No. 1545-22, § 1, 12-19-22)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH2AD_ARTXXFEREDIBAPOFOCO_S2-421INLAPAPEFetched: 10/27/2026