Tax Collector
Current Mendocino County property-tax payment instructions, electronic processing fees and public payment-system referral. Review the correct bill type, amount and vendor charge before paying.
- Availability · Refund does not cancel other bills
- The county supplemental-refund information warns that other secured/unsecured bills remain payable by their own delinquent dates.
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Property-tax local instructions: Refund does not cancel other bills; saved text paragraph 500
Please note, per California law this refund has no effect on any other secured or unsecured tax bill you may have received or will receive in the future. All other bills must be paid prior to the delinquent date indicated on the individual bill.
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Before you start · 7 requirements & conditions
- Deadlines · Shared California BOE calendar: regular secured-roll taxes; local bills and payment channels remain separate
- Secured-roll first installment is due November 1; the delinquency date is separate.
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California State Board of Equalization · California property tax calendar (opens in a new tab)
BOE calendar: property owners, secured-roll first-due
§ 2605 Rev. & Tax. Code November 1 Property owners First installment of real property taxes and all taxes on personal property on the secured roll are due and payable.
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b5e3be710f5a4327 - Deadlines · Shared California BOE calendar: regular secured-roll taxes; local bills and payment channels remain separate
- Secured-roll second installment is due February 1; the delinquency date is separate.
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California State Board of Equalization · California property tax calendar (opens in a new tab)
BOE calendar: property owners, secured-roll second-due
§ 2606 Rev. & Tax. Code February 1 Property owners Second installment real property taxes due and payable.
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b5e3be710f5a4327 - Deadlines · Shared California BOE calendar: regular secured-roll taxes; local bills and payment channels remain separate
- BOE’s regular first-installment delinquency date is December 10 at 5 p.m. or close of business, whichever is later. Read the holiday rule and your actual bill.
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California State Board of Equalization · California property tax calendar (opens in a new tab)
BOE calendar: property owners, secured-roll first-delinquent
§§ 2617 and 2704 Rev. & Tax. Code December 10 Property owners First installment of taxes on the secured roll, if unpaid, is delinquent at 5:00 p.m. or close of business day, whichever is later.
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b5e3be710f5a4327 - Deadlines · Shared California BOE calendar: regular secured-roll taxes; local bills and payment channels remain separate
- BOE’s regular second-installment delinquency date is April 10 at 5 p.m. or close of business, whichever is later. Read the holiday rule and your actual bill.
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California State Board of Equalization · California property tax calendar (opens in a new tab)
BOE calendar: property owners, secured-roll second-delinquent
§§ 2618 and 2705 Rev. & Tax. Code April 10 Property owners Second installment of taxes on the secured roll, if unpaid, is delinquent at 5:00 p.m., or close of business day, whichever is later.
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b5e3be710f5a4327 - Deadlines · Shared California BOE calendar: regular secured-roll taxes; local bills and payment channels remain separate
- BOE notes that a specified date falling on Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday generally moves to the next business day. Check the county’s notice and payment-channel cutoff.
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California State Board of Equalization · California property tax calendar (opens in a new tab)
BOE calendar Notes: weekend/legal-holiday rule
In practically all cases, the action may be done before the specified date. If the specified date falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the action may be done on the next business day. (Government Code §§ 6706, 6707)
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b5e3be710f5a4327 - Payments · Current electronic payment fees
- The current county payment page lists 2.35% credit cards, $3.50 Visa debit per transaction and free electronic checks.
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Property-tax local instructions: Current electronic payment fees; saved text paragraph 251
Please be advised electronic transactions fees apply. Credit card payments incur a fee of 2.35% of the transaction amount, Debit Visa cards are $3.50 per transaction, and electronic checks are no cost to the taxpayer.
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173ce59a6e2629bb - Information & documents · Escape-assessment plan contract
- Mail the escape-assessment payment-plan contract with payment, postmarked by the bill due date, to the address on the contract.
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Property-tax local instructions: Escape-assessment plan contract; saved text paragraph 276
Escape payment plan contract must be mailed with your payment postmarked by the due date to the address on the contract.
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Property-tax local instructions: Current electronic payment fees; saved text paragraph 251
Please be advised electronic transactions fees apply. Credit card payments incur a fee of 2.35% of the transaction amount, Debit Visa cards are $3.50 per transaction, and electronic checks are no cost to the taxpayer.
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- Phone
- 707-234-6875