Property tax inquiries and payments can be made during regular business hours for the Treasurer's Office, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. No appointment is necessary for property tax services.
You may pay taxes through our payment website by name, address, or the parcel number listed on tax statements.
Pay your property taxes online with an electronic check for only 25 cents (less than a stamp!) or pay with a debit or credit card for 2.25% of the total amount due.
If your property is paid by escrow, the statement you received is for your information only. It is not necessary to notify the office that your property is paid by escrow.
Accepted Credit Cards: MasterCard, Visa, and Discover.
Checks should be made out to the Madison County Treasurer. All returned checks, credit card payments, or online payments are assessed an additional fee. Checks must have an American routing number. Foreign checks will not be accepted.
Delinquent interest accrues at the rate of 1.5% per month, rounded to the nearest dollar with a minimum penalty due of one dollar.
Madison County allows partial payments of property taxes of current property taxes. If, at any time, you want to make a payment toward your property taxes, we will accept any amount of partial payment.
You can make partial payments directly to our office. Or, if you prefer, you are able to schedule automatic payments from your bank account either by e-check or card. The scheduled payments will be handled online by creating an account and setting up the schedule. To do this, you will need to follow these steps:
Here, you can also click "auto amount," or choose to pay a set amount each month.
By selecting the auto amount, the system automatically calculates the number of payments you've selected and the amount needed by the due date (September 30 and/or March 31) and then it will automatically pull that amount.
If you choose to pay a set dollar amount each month, you need to be aware that the amount chosen may not cover the full amount of property taxes by the due date. If this happens, you could incur late fees and/or additional interest.
The Iowa legislature allows a variety of tax credits to reduce the amount due. For more information, visit the Madison County Assessor's Office.
All Madison County real estate tax payments are available online through our Real Estate and Tax Inquiry page. From the website, you can download a printable PDF statement. Paper statements are mailed out annually in August to the homeowner.
Property tax statements are mailed to the property owner only, and not to escrow companies. Please note that we do not maintain escrow or property management records in most cases. If your taxes are paid by a third party, they are able to obtain your tax information online as noted above.
The law requires:
Delinquent taxes as of May 1 are assessed a publication fee and must be advertised for sale at the annual tax sale in June.
For more information about property taxes, please check out our frequently asked questions section.
