Section 58406 - Collection of municipal claims(a) In addition to the remedies provided by law for the filing of liens for the collection of municipal claims, including, but not limited to, water rates, sewer rates and the removal of nuisances, townships may proceed for the recovery and collection of municipal claims by action of assumpsit against the person or persons who were the owner or owners of the property at the time of the completion of the improvement or at the time the water or sewer rates or the cost of the removal of nuisances first became payable, notwithstanding the fact that there was a failure on the part of the township or its agents to enter the municipal claim as a lien against the property assessed for the improvement or for the furnishing of water or sewer services and for the removal of nuisances, and for the recovery of which the action of assumpsit was brought.(b) The action in assumpsit shall be commenced either within six years after the completion of the improvement from which the claim arises or within six years after the applicable rates or the cost of abating a nuisance first became payable.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XXXIV, § 3406. Amended 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 63; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 154, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].