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Personal Property Taxes — INCLUDING CITY OF WATERTOWN
All tax years (current and delinquent): Full Payment OR First Installment Payments (or any amount paid in December or January)
PAYABLE TO: Local Treasurer. See your tax bill for correct mailing address. Contact your local treasurer for payment location or mailing address.
DUE DATE: On or before January 31 (unless installment options are indicated on the tax bill).
Real Estate Taxes — EXCEPT CITY OF WATERTOWN
Current tax year paid in December or January:
PAYABLE TO: Local Treasurer. See your tax bill for correct mailing address. Contact your local treasurer for payment location and hours.
DUE DATE: On or before January 31.
Second Installment and Delinquent Payments: PAYABLE TO: "Dodge County Treasurer“
Real Estate Taxes - CITY OF WATERTOWN
Current tax year payments (3 installments):
PAYABLE TO: “City of Watertown”.
DUE DATES: First installment due on or before January 31; second installment due on or before April 30; third installment due on or before July 31.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: See your tax bill or call City of Watertown Treasurer at 920-262-4010.
Delinquent tax years: Due to "Dodge County Treasurer"
Payments - Credit Card or Electronic Check
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS THROUGH 3RD PARTY. FEES APPLY.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR DECEMBER 1, 2024 - FEBRUARY 7, 2025 :
Electronic payments to Dodge County Treasurer will not be available 12/1/2024-2/7/2025, but will resume on 2/8/2025. Contact your LOCAL TREASURER to see if they accept electronic payments.
Payments - Mail
If you mail your payment near the end of the month, we recommend you walk it in to the Post Office and ask them to hand postmark your envelope to ensure that it has a current month’s postmarked date.
When sending payments, please include the tax bill payment stub (on the bottom of your tax bill) so the payment will be applied to the correct parcel.
If you require a receipt, please send a self addressed stamped envelope, otherwise receipts will not be mailed. Payment details are also available on the Land Information Search Tool.
Delinquent Taxes? What the Wisconsin State Statutes Say
Missed 1st Installment
If the first installment of taxes on real property or improvements on leased land is not paid on or before January 31, the entire amount of the taxes remaining unpaid is delinquent as of February 1st. Wisconsin State Statutes 74.12(7)
Missed 2nd Installment
If second installment of real estate taxes is not paid on or before 5 working days after July 31, the entire amount of unpaid taxes is delinquent as of August 1 and interest/penalty is charged back to February 1st.
Wisconsin State Statues 74.09(6) states: "Failure to receive a property tax bill does not affect the validity of the general property taxes, special taxes, special charges and special assessments levied on the tax collection of delinquent general property taxes, special taxes, special charges, and special assessments."
Interest and Penalty
All delinquent taxes are subject to interest of 1% per month (fraction of a month counts as a whole month) from February 1 until paid. (Wisconsin State Statutes 74.47), and an additional 0.5% per month penalty.
All prior year delinquent taxes are payable at the Dodge County Treasurer's Office.
Tax Foreclosure
If property taxes are delinquent for two or more years, the property is eligible for tax foreclosure.
