Property Tax Payment Deadline Near

Jan 25, 2012 - 14:30:55 CST.

Tuesday is the deadline for 2011 county tax payments by Fredericksburg area property owners, the Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office reported this week.

Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector Marissa Weinheimer’s courthouse office (Room 104) is the place for owners of the county’s 32,497 parcels of property to pay their taxes either in person or through the mail.

For in-person payments, the tax assessor-collector’s office is open weekdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, mail-in payments must be postmarked no later than 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in order to be considered timely, explained Mrs. Weinheimer.

County property owners may also pay their 2011 taxes on-line by going to www.officialpayments.com and clicking on Gillespie County before indicating how much is to be paid, which taxing entities are to be paid and entering the local 6427 jurisdiction code.

(For paying in this manner, a 2.49 percent convenience fee is charged by a vendor which has been contracted by the county to process its on-line tax payments.)

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