Section 85.10. Notice of claim  


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  • No act shall be done or action or special
      proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained seeking to apply or enforce
      against the municipality or any covered organization,  or  their  funds,
      property, receivables or revenues, any order, judgment, lien, set-off or
      counterclaim  relating  to  any  contract, debt or obligation, direct or
      indirect, of the municipality, including but not limited  to  any  bond,
      note  or other evidence of indebtedness, or seeking the assessment, levy
      or collection of taxes by or for the municipality or the application  of
      any  funds, property, receivables or revenues of the municipality or any
      covered organization, unless: (a) payment by the municipality or covered
      organization in connection with such contract, debt or obligation is due
      or overdue; and (b) a demand for payment shall have been made and served
      upon the municipality, in compliance with section 85.20 of  this  title,
      and thirty days shall have elapsed since the service of such demand; and
      (c)  any complaint, petition or other moving paper seeking any relief as
      aforesaid shall contain an allegation that at  least  thirty  days  have
      elapsed  since the service of such demand and that adjustment or payment
      has been neglected or refused.