Yes, but via the internet only. The County accepts Credit/Debit Cards or E-check payments via the Internet. You can pay your taxes with your VISA or MASTERCARD or E-Check from your computer.  If paying with a Credit/Debit card you will be charged a convenience fee of 2.49% of the amount paid. Note: if using a Signature Debit Card the transaction fee is a flat $3.95.  Fees go directly to US Bank for the use of this service. If paying with an E-Check, you will be charged a convenience fee of $3.00. This fee goes directly to US bank for the use of the service.

To pay online go to http://www.lanecounty.org/AT/TaxPayOnline.htm . This option is only available through our website and not when making payments in person, on the phone or through the mail.

Tax payments may be placed in the following Lane County white drop boxes (aka election boxes), Friday, November 11th through midnight November 15th.  No postage necessary.

•  East side of Pearl Street between 7th & 8th Avenues (in front of City Hall)

• Sheldon Library at Sheldon Plaza

•  Bethel Library at Echo Hollow Plaza

•  Amazon Pool at 2600 Hilyard Street

•  A Street between 5^th & 6^th in Springfield

•  Cottage Grove Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs Street

•  Florence Police Department, 900 Greenwood Street

Generally for two reasons: 1) because the taxpayer changed their mailing address and did not notify us; or 2) there has been a recent ownership change. By law it is the responsibility of the property owner to notify the taxing authority of any change to their mailing address.  If ownership is incorrect, please contact us at 541-682-4321.
 If the mailing address is incorrect, by law, the change request must be in writing. You can use the Change of Address form located on our website or email the request to [email protected]. Please include your current mailing address and the account numbers of all property you own. If you do not have the specific account numbers you may use a blanket statement “All tax accounts of all properties I own in Lane County.”

Generally for two reasons: 1) there is a tax code area split or 2) there is a manufactured structure on the property with its own account. A tax code area split can be either a physical code split or fire patrol code split. A physical code split means a district boundary line bisects your property in some fashion.  The fire patrol code split means part of your property is in a Fire Patrol district and will be taxed according to their rates.

The 3% discount will be lost and interest will start to accrue on the first trimester amount at a rate of 1.33% per month.

September 25^th is the statutory deadline for sharing the values of districts which cross county lines.  These values are needed to establish tax rates.  The following two weeks are used to complete the tax certification process and provide the statement files to the state printer.  The statements are then ready to be mailed out within the next two weeks.  By law, the statements are to be mailed by October 25^th. 

Located on the left side in the middle of your property tax statement will be a notation that shows: "Mortgage Co:" and "Loan #". If the account does not have the correct mortgage company data, please contact the mortgage company and verify whether or not they are planning to pay and through whom. If a mortgage company is listed on the tax statement, it means your account number was included in the list of accounts sent to us in September by the mortgage company because they (the mortgage company) plan to pay the taxes for the upcoming tax year.
 

Remember: Since we receive this list in September, a substantial amount of activity (refinancing, purchasing, selling of property and selling of loans between mortgage companies) occurs between then and in October when statements are mailed. There is no way to ensure our mortgage company data is 100% accurate at the time of certification. The Assessor's office does not verify with the mortgage company and/or taxing service whose account is going to be paid.

Taxpayers can appeal their value through the Board of Property Tax Appeals (BoPTA) for the current year. The deadline to file is December 31, 2016. BoPTA forms will be made available on Lane County’s Web site once the statements are available: http://www.lanecounty.org/Appeals/default.htm.   To contact BoPTA staff, taxpayers may call 541-682-4275 after the tax statements are sent out and leave their name, phone number and account number on voicemail.  Staff will return the call within 24 hours. There is a $35 filing fee for each account.

Other types of appeals (interest, previous years’ values, etc.) can be appealed through the Department of Revenue or the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court.  Appropriate forms can be obtained from the Oregon Department of Revenue’s website or the Assessor’s office.