Due Date:
- Taxes are due and payable September 1st.
- 2021 taxes are payable without interest through January 5, 2022.
- An interest charge of 2% is assessed on 2021 delinquent property tax bills on January 6, 2022.
- An interest charge of three-fourths of one percent (¾%) is assessed on February 1st, and each month thereafter until the taxes are paid in full.
- Delinquent notices are mailed in February.
- Delinquent taxpayers are advertised in the Charlotte Observer in March.
Please be sure to enter tax bill number.
Pay by Phone: 1-800-994-1026
Please be sure to enter the tax bill number.
A convenience fee of 2.35% or a minimum of $1.95 will be charged for all credit card and debit card payments.
There is no service fee charge for eChecks.
Payment Locations:
(cash, check, money order, credit card, or debit card)
Valerie C. Woodard Center
3205 Freedom Drive, Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28208
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
Mailing Address:
(check or money order only, the 24-digit tax bill number is required)
WITHOUT Tax Bill Coupon Stub:
Mecklenburg County Tax Collector
P.O. Box 31457
Charlotte, NC 28231-1457
WITH Tax Bill Coupon Stub: Mecklenburg County Tax Collector
P.O. Box 71063
Charlotte, NC 28272 - 1063
Online Banking:
Personal banking online bill pay. The 24-digit tax bill number is required. If the entire tax bill number (24 digits) is not entered in the online bill pay account number field, the payment will be rejected and sent back to the taxpayer's bank. Interest will apply if payment is received on or after the interest begins date.
NOTE: This payment option is not recommended for payment of taxes. Any interest accrued due to a rejected payment cannot be removed from the tax bill.
Bill numbers from previous payments must be deleted and replaced with a current bill number with each payment.
**Check payments must have drawer's name, drawer's address, check number, financial institution's name, and MICR numbers preprinted on the check. In addition, the check must have the current date, numbers printed, the amount paid spelled out, and a signature. The Mecklenburg County Tax Collector does not accept starter, counter, altered, or photocopied checks.
Bill numbers from previous payments must be deleted and replaced with a current bill number with each payment.
Should you have any questions, please refer to our FAQs page, or contact us: at CharMeck 311 by dialing 311 from within Mecklenburg County or 704-336-7600 from outside of Mecklenburg County or via email at BPPEmail@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov.