Financial Penalties

Students whose accounts are not paid by the established semester payment due date may be subject to financial penalties such as a Bursar Registration Hold. A Bursar Registration Hold may prevent a student from registering. When the student account is paid in full, the Bursar Registration Hold may be lifted. If your payment is remitted via a paper check a 21-day delay must pass before the lifting of the Bursar Registration Hold. If your payment is remitted via an e-check a 10-day delay must pass before the lifting of the Bursar Registration Hold. 

A late payment fee of $100 may be assessed when student accounts are not paid by established semester due date. A student whose payment is not honored by the bank on which it was drawn may be assessed with a return payment fee of $25. If restitution is not made within 10 days of notification, the student may be subject to course cancellation, financial penalties and/or legal action.  

Debtors who do not make satisfactory payment arrangements on their past due accounts may have their accounts placed with a collection agency. It is the policy of the University that unpaid accounts will be assessed the costs and expenses of collection, including attorney fees. Any E-Check or Paper Check payment that is remitted on a Past Due account by a previously enrolled student will be subject to a 21-day delay on having their Bursar Registration Hold lifted.

To request a transcript release when there is still a debt owed to the University of Louisville, please send an email to bursar@louisville.edu.