Summer Property Taxes are Due on September 14

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Summer property taxes are due every year on September 14. Since that day falls on a Sunday this year, the township hall will be open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Friday, September 12, with no business other than property tax payments conducted from 9:00 to 10:00 and 4:00 to 5:00. Regular office hours are 10:00 to 4:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and 1:00 to 7:00 on Wednesday. The office is closed on Mondays.

Tax payments need to actually arrive in the office in order to be processed – postmarks cannot be accepted as a payment date. Tax payments can also be left in the bronze drop slot beneath the bulletin board by the front entry of the township hall, only if payment is made by check, and the stub from the bottom of the tax bill is included with the check. Residents should not leave cash in the drop slot.

Payments that are in the drop box or Township mailbox by the start of business on Tuesday, September 16 will be considered to have arrived on September 14. All taxpayers who pay by mail or in the drop slot will receive an official property tax receipt by return mail, only if they have requested one by checking the box on their tax stub.

State law requires an additional charge of 1% of the tax owed to be charged on the first day delinquent and the first of every month that taxes are unpaid after the September 14 due date. A payment on September 16 will therefore incur a 1% interest charge and a payment on October 1 will incur a 2% interest charge. Summer taxes that are still unpaid on March 1, 2009 must be turned over to the Ingham County Treasurer for collection, which involves additional fees for the taxpayer.

REMINDER: Anyone eligible for a Summer Deferment must also have their application in before the start of business on September 16.

Janet T. Eyster, Treasurer

Williamstown Township

How to avoid delay when paying property taxes –

If a bank or mortgage company pays your taxes –

If you still owe Summer property taxes after September 14

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Special open hours on September 12, 2008 –