Mailed & Postmarked Payments
AVOID PENALTIES BY
UNDERSTANDING POSTMARKS
Property
tax payments must be received or postmarked by the delinquency date to avoid
penalties. If a payment is received after the delinquency date with no
postmark, the payment is considered late and penalties will be imposed, in
accordance with State law. If the 1st installment is late, a 10% late
penalty will be imposed. If the 2nd installment is late, a 10% plus
$20 cost will be imposed.
POSTMARKS are imprints on letters, flats, and
parcels that show the name of the United States Postal Service (USPS) office
that accepted custody of the mail, along with the state, the zip code, and the
date of mailing. The postmark is generally applied, either by machine or by
hand, with cancellation bars to indicate that the postage cannot be reused.
Taxpayers
who send their payments by mail are cautioned that the USPS only postmarks
certain mail depending on the type of postage used, and may not postmark mail
on the same day deposited by the taxpayer.
Postage that is postmarked:
STANDARD POSTAGE STAMPS: Stamps
purchased and affixed to mail as evidence of the payment of postage.
Postage that is not
postmarked:
METERED MAIL: Mail on which postage is printed
directly on an envelope or label by a postage machine licensed by the USPS. Many
private companies use these types of postage machines.
PRE-CANCELED STAMP: Stamps sold through a private
vendor, such as stamps.com®.
AUTOMATED POSTALCENTER (APC) STAMPS:
Stamps, with or without a date, purchased from machines located within a USPS
lobby.
PERMIT IMPRINT: Pre-sorted mail used by bill pay
services, such as online home banking.
If you use
these types of postage, the USPS will
not postmark your mail. You will be charged a 10% penalty and a $10
cost, if applicable, if we do not receive your mailed payment by the
delinquency date.
Other options:
Purchase
and complete a CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
from the USPS, which is a receipt that provides evidence of the date that your
mail was presented to the USPS for mailing. It can only be purchased at the
time of mailing through the USPS. The USPS charges a fee for this service.
Purchase a POSTAGE VALIDATED IMPRINT (PVI) Label
from a USPS retail counter of window. The PVI is applied to a piece of mail by
personnel at the retail counter or window when postage has been paid to mail
that item. The item is retained in USPS custody and is not handed back to the
customer. The date printed on the PVI label is the date of mailing.
Mailing Payments
Payments must be postmarked before the delinquent date to avoid penalties. Please mail payments to:
P.O. Box 247
Mariposa, CA 95338
Payments In Person
Payments may also be made in person between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. Please deliver payments to:
Mariposa County Tax Collector's Office
4982 10th Street
Mariposa, CA 95338
Pay by Credit Card or E-Check
You may also pay online at www.mariposacounty.org/taxpayments or call 855-985-1104. Use your six digit bill number (the Tax Account ID number located on your bill) and your APN to make a payment. Invoice Cloud payments are charged 2.65% to pay by credit card or a flat $0.95 fee to pay by e-check.