Real Estate Billing Online Payment Instructions

The county's online payment system has a Utility Billing screen that can be used to pay the following: 

  • Water/Wastewater Bills
  • Front Foot / CFA Bills
  • Installment Agreement Bills

Click the button below to access the system. 

Online Payment System

Search 

To locate the bill that you want to pay, you must first search for a customer account.  

Enter either of the following criteria into the search form on the "Real Estate" screen and click "Search"

  • Parcel ID of the property OR the account number listed on your bill
  • House number and the Street name
Online Payment system real estate billing customer search screen with fields for locating bill

Select a Parcel ID 

If the search returns more than one customer result is found, you will be presented with a list to select from.  Click on the twelve-digit Parcel ID in the far right column to view the bills associated with that Parcel ID.

A list of results based on a user search that includes three columns: property address, property description, and parcel ID
Screen showing a redacted Parcel ID that can be clicked to continue the process of paying real estate taxes

Review Bills

A list of bills will be displayed in the search results under the Parcel ID. Typically, three bills will be available; last year's bill, current year's bill, and next year's bill:

A list of bills for the given Parcel ID in the online billing system

 

Select Bills

On the right side of the table, select the "View Bill" link on the bill you want to examine or pay. 

View Bill Link

 

If you are ready to pay a bill, click the "Pay Bill" button at the bottom of the screen.

A detailed view of a real estate bill, showing a list of installments, in the online billing system
Pay Bill Link

Paymentus

You will be sent to the county's third party payment processor (Paymentus) to complete your online payment.  Initially, you will be presented with a screen indicating the account you are making a payment on.  Click the "Continue" button. 

A screenshot of the Paymentus system requesting that you click the "continue" button to proceed with payment

 

Payment Information Form

Enter your payment information in the resulting form. 

Screenshot showing the payment information fields that can be entered into paymentus

 

Select the payment method from the available options and click the "Continue" button. 

Payment screen with options for picking credit card, echeck, and other methods of payment

A screen will be displayed containing the payment method, date, the amount and any fee information.  You can optionally check a box to save the payment method for future payments. 

You must check the "I authorize and agree to the Payment Authorization Terms" before proceeding with your online payment. 

Click the "Pay" button containing the authorized payment amount to submit your payment.  

Screenshot from Paymentus showing the payment confirmation options

After clicking the pay button you will see a "Submitting Payment" message 

Screen showing a payment is being submitted

 

Payment Receipt

After the successful processing of your payment, a Payment Receipt screen will be displayed.  This can be printed for your records. 

Screen showing that the payment was processed succesfully

 

Confirmation Email

A confirmation email will be sent to the email address entered when submitting your payment. 

Example email confirmation containing payment information