Sacramento County, Property Tax Payment Notification Update

Property Tax Payment Notification

The 2011-2012 secured annual property tax bill information is now available online using your 14-digit parcel number at www.eproptax.saccounty.net. The annual property tax bills were mailed to Sacramento County property owners on October 13, 2011.

The secured annual property tax bill is mailed only once each year by November 1, and can be paid in two installments which are due on November 1 and February 1. The last day to pay the first and second installments without penalty is December 12 and April 10, respectively.  

Of the 2011-2012 secured annual property tax bills, approximately 198,000 are Owners’ Information Copy bills mailed to taxpayers whose mortgage company pays their taxes through impound accounts. Owners’ Information Copy bills are mailed to taxpayers for their informational purposes. In the event a mortgage is paid off or a refinance has occurred eliminating an impound account, you may pay your taxes online or print payment stubs at our web site.

If you receive a supplemental, additional or escaped assessment tax bill(s) in addition to the annual tax bill, please be aware these assessment tax bills are due in addition to the annual property tax bill and do not replace the annual property tax bill.

Property taxes may be paid by e-check or credit card on our web site or over the telephone at 1-888-877-3575, by entering your 14-digit parcel number. A convenience fee is charged for transactions made by either of these methods. When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction.

If you use your bank’s Online Bill Pay service, a paper check will be printed and mailed to the Tax Collector. Because the check is sent without a payment stub, for payment identification, please enter the parcel number, bill number and installment(s) being paid in the online account number field. Your payment is considered received on the date appearing on the check received from the Payment Processing Center. Payments dated after the pay by date will be considered late and returned for penalties. Partial payments are not accepted and will be returned.

If you own property in Sacramento County and do not receive your tax bill by November 10, you may obtain tax amounts, payment due dates, and printable payment stubs at our web site. You may request a duplicate tax bill by remitting $1.95 and sending your request with your parcel number to the Tax Collector’s office at 700 H Street, Room 1710, Sacramento, CA, 95814. Tax specialists are available to assist you on regular business days between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

The secured annual property tax reminder is a free service provided by Sacramento County, and is solely intended as an aid to remind participants to timely pay secured annual property taxes. This service was not designed to be a substitute official means for reminder notification on supplemental, additional, escaped or corrected assessment tax bills. Taxpayers are not relieved of the statutory responsibility of timely payment of property taxes as a result of any failure of the County to timely forward these electronic reminder notices. Penalties for delinquent payments will be imposed regardless of the taxpayer’s subscription to this service or any failure of this service. This service is provided without warrant or representation of any kind. The County shall not be liable for any loss or inconvenience caused by the participation of subscribers or the failure of the service to provide timely notice or even the total failure of the service to provide any notice at all, whether or not the County is at fault.

The Sacramento County Tax Collector’s Office will only use your e-mail for the purpose of sending you the secured annual tax bill reminder. It will not be shared nor used for any other purpose without your express consent.

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