First installments of county property taxes due April 30, or postmarked by May 2

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First installments of property taxes are due on April 30. As this date falls on a Saturday, mailed payments must be postmarked, put in a drop box or brought to the Treasurer’s Office by Monday, May 2 to avoid penalty and interest charges.

Taxes may be paid in person at the Jefferson County Courthouse 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. Mailed payments must be postmarked by May 2.

There are five drop boxes in Jefferson County for payment by check from April 15 through May 2: the drop box in rear parking lot of the courthouse (all of April); 1st Security Bank of Washington, Port Townsend and Port Hadlock locations; Port Ludlow Sound Community Bank; Quilcene U.S. Bank.

Credit card payments may be made online at

co.jefferson.wa.us/treasurer or by phone, 877-812-8072.

Instructions for both are on the back of the tax statement, and a 2.5 percent fee is charged by the service provider for credit card payments.

Electronic checks may be used to make payments. Go to the Jefferson County Treasurer’s Web page for instructions and fee amounts.

The treasurer is providing ACH debit service, or Autopay. You may sign up to have your taxes automatically deducted from your bank account on April 30 for first half or full payments and Oct. 31 for second half. Using a service through 1st Security Bank of Washington, the Treasurer’s Office electronically debits your account on the tax due date, or next business day if it falls on a weekend, according to a press release from Stacie Prada, treasurer. There is no fee for this service. Forms to authorize the service and instructions to sign up are at

www.co.jefferson.wa.us/treasurer/autopay.asp.

Forms must be submitted by April 10 or Oct. 10 to activate.

To request paperless tax statement delivery via email instead of hard copies by USPS, sign up by clicking on the link “eNoticesOnline” on the Treasurer’s Office Web page.

Questions can be directed to the Treasurer’s Office by calling 385-9150.