FAQs

We accept cash, check, or credit cards. A service fee of 4.95% applies to credit card payments made by phone or 2.5% for credit card payments made in the office or online.

You can pay your taxes in person at the office, by mail, by phone at 866-482-8552, or online at www.paygov.us. Fees apply to payments made over the phone or online.

Taxes are due May 10 and November 10.

You may access property tax information at www.beacon.schneidercorp.com.

By Indiana law the tax bills are required to be mailed by April 15th each year. Our office tries to mail them around a week prior to that date.

When making your payment in person, bring in your entire tax bill. We will collect either the spring or fall payment stub with your payment and will affix the Treasurer stamp to the bottom of the tax bill as a receipt for your records. If you mail in your payment and you include a self-addressed stamped envelope we will mail a receipt back to you or your bank statement showing the payment will act as your receipt.

There is a place on the back of your spring and your fall tax bill to report a mailing address change when you pay your tax installment. You may also call the Treasurer's office or the Auditor's office to make a change.

The name on a real estate tax bill is the name of the deed holder. You need to contact the Auditor's office to learn about the legal steps you must follow to change the deed. For changes of the name on personal property or businesses you will need to call the Assessor's office.

A penalty of 5% of the unpaid balance will be added if you have no other delinquencies and the taxes are paid within 30 days of the tax due date. After 30 days (or if you have other delinquencies) the penalty amount is 10% of the unpaid balance.

If possible you should bring the mobile home title to the Treasurer's office to obtain a permit. If you do not have the title, we need the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the trailer as provided to you from a police/sheriff's officer inspection. If you are obtaining a moving permit you need to provide the new location address. We also need the name of the current mobile home owner to verify the taxes have been paid. To obtain a title transfer all of the taxes must be paid current. Under certain circumstances you may need to pay an estimated tax for the next year.

All parcels that have a balance due from spring of the prior year or before are eligible for the tax sale. Tax sale notices will be sent out in July. At that time there will also be a $45.00 fee applied. You would have from July up until the day of the sale to pay the back taxes. If your property does sell at the tax sale, you can still redeem the property but you will also have to pay tax sale fees and daily accruing interest.

We send out one billing in the spring of each year. That bill has two payment stubs; one to make a payment in May and another for November. Due to the expense of mailing, no other reminder is mailed. We do send a courtesy letter if your taxes become so delinquent that your property may become eligible for tax sale if left unpaid.

Yes, payments may be made anytime in any amount but, the full amount will need to be paid by the due date to avoid penalties on the unpaid balance.

Yes, we consider a payment "on time" if the envelope is postmarked on or before the tax due date. Please, be aware of postal deadlines and specific procedures when mailing your property tax bill. We use the postmark as printed on the envelope when determining if a payment is on time. (Note: Postmarks are valid for regular tax payment only and do not apply to properties going to tax sale.)