Pay My Property Taxes

Ready to pay your property taxes now? Search and pay below or go to one of the tabs to get more information. 

To save time and avoid crowds, online payments are encouraged.

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Online

Step 1.Getting started

You'll need at least one of the following documents or information to look up and pay your account:

  • Property Tax Bill(s): Your property account number is in the upper left corner of your bill. This is the most direct method of searching our database to find your account.

  • Property Account name(s): Taxpayer or Business Name. 

  • Property Address(es): Street Number and Street Name.

If you have trouble locating your account(s) online, contact Customer Service at Collections@jacksongov.org or 816-881-3232.

Step 2.Decide your payment option 

Note: ALL online payment transactions will incur a $2.00 Transaction fee in addition to the Processing fee. Jackson County does not receive either of these fees.

  • E-Check: The payment is made using the bank routing number and your bank account number (listed on the bottom of your check book). A $1.25 processing fee for eCheck payment will be added to total amount due. 
  • Credit / Debit Cards: The County accepts all major credit cards. Card payments require the 3 digit security code on the back of your card. A 2.75% processing fee for a credit/debit card online payment will be added to total amount due. 

 

Step 3.Payment timeline

Online payments will be on time if made before the online payment website closes at 11:40 p.m. on December 31.

*NOTE: Taxes paid online after the website reopens in the New Year will accrue interest, penalties, and fees. 

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In Person

Step 1.Getting started

You'll need at least one of the following documents or information to have your account looked up or to pay with a cashier:

  • Property Tax Bill 
  • Account name(s) – Taxpayer or Business: please tell the clerk if there are multiple owner names, or any previous, maiden, or middle names 
  • Address(es): please tell clerk if there are any possible previous addresses

Step 2.Decide your payment option 

We accept the following options:

  • Cash
  • Personal check
  • Cashier's check
  • Bank draft
  • Money orders
  • Debit / credit cards (The county accepts all major credit cards)
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

There are processing fees charged by the payment processing company to use this payment service. Jackson County doesn't receive any of these fees.

Credit Card: 2.75%

Debit Card: 1.5% with $1.00 minimum

Step 3.Visit our office and pay

Jackson County has 2 locations you may visit:

Jackson County Courthouse
Collection Department

415 East 12th Street
Suite 100
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Historic Truman Courthouse
112 W Lexington Ave
Suite 114
Independence, Missouri 64050

Step 4.Schedule your visit with the Collection Department

Step 5.Payment timeline

Both courthouses are open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays observed by Jackson County. Drop boxes for property tax payments are located at the west door of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City (415 E 12th Street) and at the front door of the Historic Truman Courthouse in Independence (112 W Lexington). Both drop boxes will close at midnight on December 31st. Do not place cash in either drop box. Receipts will not be mailed for drop box payments but are available online at www.jacksongov.org under “tax receipts”.

Mail

Personal checks, cashier's checks, bank drafts and money orders made payable to Jackson County Collector are accepted by mail at:

Jackson County Collector
415 E 12th St #100
Kansas City, MO 64106.

Please do not send cash through the mail. One check may be written for multiple bills of personal property and real estate, if the total of the bills are added correctly and account numbers are indicated. Mailed payments must be postmarked no later than December 31. Payments postmarked after that date will accrue interest, penalties and fees.

Checks can take up to 30 days to process. Receipts will not be sent for mailed payments but are available online at www.jacksongov.org under “tax receipts”. 

Phone

Step 1.Getting Started

Our new Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone payment system accepts tax payments by phone using an automated system available in English or Spanish.  To pay by phone, residents can call 816-608-7332.

Step 2.Payment Options

They will be greeted with a series of prompts to respond to via the telephone keypad and will need to have their property account number to use the system. Residents can pay using credit and debit cards and will receive a confirmation number upon successful completion. A $2.00 Transaction fee and 2.75% Processing fee will be added to the total amount paid.  Jackson County does not receive either of these fees.

Step 3.Contact Customer Service with Questions

Contact the Customer Service phone bank at 816-881-3232 to answer questions about your property account(s), provide you with any amount due, request an emailed or mailed duplicate receipt copy, or for information about the Senior Quad Payment Program.

Drop Boxes

Drop boxes for property tax payments are located at the west door of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City (415 E. 12th St.) and at the south door of the Historic Truman Courthouse in Independence (112 W. Lexington). Both drop boxes will be closed at midnight on December 31. Do not place cash in either drop box. Receipts will not be mailed for drop box payments but are available online at www.jacksongov.org under “tax receipts”.

Important Information

Please remember that at times, the parcel number for a real estate parcel changes, due to a segregation or merge of properties. In such cases, a search of the new parcel number may not reflect tax delinquency or a full tax history. You may do one of two things:

  • Contact us at 816-881-3232 to get that information, or:
  • Search all relevant parcel numbers of parcels in the segregation or merge. Click here to see if a parcel was involved in a segregation or merge within the past five years and to see a list of parent parcel(s) and child parcel(s) involved.

*NOTE: Information about a segregation or merge that occurred more than five years prior is not available on this website.