PLEASE READ YOUR 2025 CURRENT YEAR TAX BILLS CAREFULLY. Your 1st installment or full payment for 2025 taxes is due to your LOCAL MUNICIPAL TREASURER by January 31, 2026.
Outagamie County is able to receipt your 2nd installment or delinquent tax payments in a timely manner through a variety of ways.
1. You can pay your taxes online via E-Check (you just need to provide your checking routing & account number), via debit card ($3.50 convenience fee) or credit card (2.2% convenience fee on the amount you're paying.)
Click on Search Property Tax Records (on the left). For step by step instructions, please click HERE.
Fees for Online Payments
- There may be a $.25 fee for an E-Check
- The fee for a debit card is $3.50
- The fee for a credit card is 2.2% of the amount you are paying.
2. You can call 920-832-5065 to verify pay off amounts and we can process a payment over the phone.
3. You can mail your delinquent tax payment or current year, second installment payment to County Treasurer, 320 S. Walnut Street, Appleton WI 54911. We receipt payments by the post mark date on your mailing envelope. If you'd like a receipt, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment.
*Grace Period - Under State law, property tax payments are not delinquent if received within five working days of the January 31 or July 31 deadline (secs. 74.11(7) and 74.12(7), Wis. Stats.
Original Due Date Grace Period EXAMPLES
January 31 February 7 Walk in payments accepted through 2/7
Mailed payments (regardless of postmark) accepted if received by February 7
See document: https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/SLF/COTVC-News/2019-01-31b.aspx
4. You can deposit your 2nd installment or delinquent payment into the secure deposit box that is located at the public entrance at 320 S. Walnut Street. This entrance is located on the north side of the new building. All payments deposited here will have a receipt mailed.
5. You can pay your current year 2nd installment taxes or delinquent taxes in person in our Treasurer's Office (must enter the public entrance at Door #1 and proceed through security first.
USPS POLICY CHANGE IMPACTING PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS
The Outagamie County Treasurer is warning residents who pay property tax bills by mail about a U.S. Postal Service policy change that will affect when payment envelopes are postmarked.
The USPS instituted a nationwide change for when postmarks are affixed to incoming mail. Instead of postmarks being stamped when the items are first handled by the postal service, postmarks are now applied at the regional sorting centers.
When receipting your tax payment, your municipal treasurer enters the payment date as the post mark date. That means your postmark could be several days after you put the payment in your mailbox. If you pay your property taxes by mail, DO NOT wait until right before the deadline to put it in the mail. Wisconsin statute defines a timely payment based off postmark and all Treasurers abide by these guidelines.
Please note ALL of the payment options outlined on your tax bill, including paying online 24/7. A receipt is emailed to you when you submit your online payment. Interest is not waived once a payment is considered delinquent. Also, once your first installment is considered delinquent, your 2nd installment payment is forfeited and the entire tax bill becomes due with interest accruing monthly on the remaining balance until paid in full.
Also note: as indicated on your tax bill, your 1st installment payment due by January 31st is always due to your local Municipal Treasurer. Do not mail or drop off at Outagamie County.
