Property Tax General Information

The property tax department is the central collection point for all taxes and fees coming into the county. While not all inclusive, a list of major department functions are:

• Collects property taxes
• Collects mobile machinery tax and issues appropriate decals
• Receives sales, use, severance, gasoline, cigarette and other miscellaneous taxes from the state
• Issues tax status for mobile home title transfers
• Issues tax status for mobile home movement applications
• Records, tracks and redeems property tax liens on real property
• Receives all county office and department fees

The Treasurer's office does not:

• Determine the amount of taxes (Assessor's office determines value)
• Change record owner on property assessments (Assessor's office, but only with properly recorded documents)
• Change record address on property assessments (Assessor's office)
• Record deeds, property transfers, and contracts of sale (Clerk's office)