Real Estate Tax
Real estate tax can be paid either in half or full on or before December 20th. If first half tax is not paid by December 20th the first half begins to accrue interest from December 21st until paid, with the second half being due on or before May 10th the following year. If total tax remains unpaid for three years the property becomes subject to tax foreclosure suit by the County. The property then can be sold at public auction. Property owners of the property being sold may not bid at these auctions.

(If December 20th or May 10th falls on a weekend the tax becomes due by 5:00 p.m. of the next business day.)

PAYMENT METHODS

• Pay online using electronic check, debit or credit cards. Click on the link below to access the State of Kansas tax payment system. The statement number and tax id number are required to pay online.  Enter the tax id number without the year, for example 2009-1-12345 would be entered as 1-12345.
  www.accesskansas.org/ssrv-kspropertytax/index.do

• Mail in a check or money order with the appropriate remittance stub from your tax statement. There is an envelope included with your tax statement if you choose to mail in your payment. If you would like a receipt mailed back, please check the appropriate box on the remittance stub.
• Hand deliver check, money order or cash to our office at 300 W. Ash, Room 214, Salina, KS. Please bring the appropriate remittance stub from your tax statement with you to the office.
• Use a debit or credit card. There is an additional fee for use of a debit or credit card. The fee is charged by the vendor processing the transactions and is added to the total of your tax transactions. We accept VISA, Mastercard and Discover cards in our office. Please bring the appropriate remittance stub with you to the office.

Delinquent Real Estate Taxes
Delinquent real estate taxes remaining unpaid for three years are subject to foreclosure action, thus putting the property in jeopardy of being sold at auction. Foreclosure properties are listed on this website, see Tax Foreclosure page.

Unpaid real estate taxes are published in the official county newspaper* as designated by the Board of County Commissioners for three consecutive weeks prior to the first Tuesday of September as per the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2301 to 79-2323a. This publication is based on any unpaid real estate tax as of August 1st of each year. As per statute a delinquent publication fee is added to the total amount due. (Unpaid 2009 tax will be published August 2010)

Personal property taxes that are unpaid October 1st of the year following the current tax year are published for three consecutive weeks in October in the official county newspaper*, as designated by the Board of County Commissioners and in accordance with K.S.A. 19-547. 
*The Salina Journal